Months after arriving on the job in 2003, a U.S. defense contractor trying to restore Iraq’s oil fields had blood and urine tests showing personnel with “significant exposure” to a toxic, cancer-causing industrial chemical, according to federal court documents.
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KBR knew of exposure at Iraq plant
Posted in CBRNE, Created Terror, Middle East, Military Industrial Complex
Also tagged Iraq, KBR, sodium dichromate
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Veterans Exposed to Carcinogen Shed Light on Secret Iraq Contracting Deal
Mike Ludwig/Truthout A lawsuit filed by Iraq war veterans against a former Halliburton subsidiary over exposure to toxic chemicals is not the first of its kind, but it has brought new insight into the Iraq war by revealing that a contractor with close ties to the Bush administration was quietly granted legal immunity while securing [...]
Posted in CBRNE, Created Terror, Health, Human Medical Experimentation, Middle East, Military Industrial Complex
Also tagged Bush, cancer, chemical warfare, Halliburton, hexavalent chromium, Iraq, KBR, Veterans
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Do the right thing [Shorter Question Everything]
Now that this memo is out there, publicly, the administration needs to do the right thing and prosecute those in the Bush admin that committed war crimes. There’s no excuse anymore.