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New research finds that private wells near more than 82% of select military sites were contaminated with PFAS chemicals. The study listed six in Florida below the threshold the Pentagon uses to trigger remediation.
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PFAS chemicals are found in hundreds of products and weapons used by the U.S. military. Defense Department officials say a blanket ban on these man-made substances would threaten military readiness.
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The inquiry concluded that several suicides at the Newport News shipyard last year were not connected. But the deaths underscored pervasive problems,, particularly among young enlisted sailors doing long-term ship maintenance.
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Advocates and lawmakers worry high lawyer fees could shortchange those injured from toxic exposure at the military base after the Camp Lejeune Justice Act became law.
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The data had long been sought by retired military aviators who have raised alarms for years about the number of air and ground crew members they knew who had cancer.
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The Pentagon policy reimburses service members for travel expenses and offers up to 21 days of leave for abortions and fertility treatment.
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Nine officers who had worked as missileers at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base were diagnosed with with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer,
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A new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops who are not vaccinated.
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The new guidance is for birthing and non-birthing parents, including parents who recently adopted a child and parents who used a surrogate.
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The mandate helped ensure the vast majority of troops were vaccinated for COVID, but also raised concerns that it harmed recruitment and retention.