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US EPA Failing to Warn Public of Dioxin Exposure Disease Risk

Those who consume animal fats receive dioxin exposure in excess of the oral reference dose. Exposure in excess of the oral reference dose means that significant disease risk is imposed.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a document titled, “Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments”.

This document is being described as part of the agency’s dioxin reassessment.

Vietnam Airport World`s Most Dioxin Contaminated Place

t least 94,000 square meters of tainted soil have been buried at the airport.

(DOIN NAI, Viet Nam) - The Bien Hoa military airport in the southern province of Dong Nai has the world’s highest Agent Orange/dioxin contamination level, a meeting heard Thursday.

The office of the national steering committee tasked with handling the consequences of toxic chemical used by the US during the Vietnam War reported at the meeting that the airport has more than ten hectares of heavily polluted soil.

Radiation at El Toro Hangar Unresolved

Marines who worked in the north mezzanine of Hangar 296 were at risk of exposure to Radium 226 and its radioactive decay products.

(IRVINE, CA) - An old WW II hangar over 200,000 square feet in area at former MCAS El Toro will not be on any tourist list now and maybe for years to come.

Hangar 296 is one of the primary sites of the TCE plume spreading into Orange County and reason for the base’s placement on the National Priority List (NPL), commonly referred to as the EPA Superfund.

Government Scientists Won`t Stop Field-Testing of BT Eggplant

Philippines- the battle over GMO food.

(MANILA, Philippines PhilStar) - Government scientists will continue field testing a genetically modified eggplant in the Philippines.

This, despite the Supreme Court’s (SC) issuance of a writ of kalikasan against its commercial production.

Cleanup for North Orange County Toxic Plume Could Cost $200 Million

A nation bent on military buildup that does not relent when it can, is truly one of the most dangerous.

(ANAHEIM, CA) - When it comes to environmental contamination in Orange County, California, we typically cover the south county eyesore that was once a Marine fighter base, the old MCAS El Toro.

Now, thanks to an article by Pat Brennan, published yesterday by the Orange County Register, we get the dirty details on another plume, this one in north Orange County.

Oregon Prepares to Just Say NO! to GMO

GMOs have been injected into everything from baby formula to our dairy, and even our meat.

(NEWPORT, OR) - Health conscious Oregonians are mounting a campaign to demand that GMO foods be labeled as such. The group behind this effort has a web site http://oregonrighttoknow.org.

They have one month to gather enough signatures to place this issue on the state-side ballot in November.

Vietnam, US Join Hands to Remove Dioxin at Da Nang Airport

After being decontaminated, the land will be returned to their original place to ensure integrity of the area.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - In a seminar yesterday, Vietnamese and US experts discussed the use of In-Pile Thermal Desorption (IPTD) technology in a US$43 million project to clean up dioxin contamination at Da Nang Airport.

As part of the cooperative project between USAID and the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, the IPTD environmental pollution treatment system would be used to clean up the toxic substance.

A Veteran`s Address to the Congress and Senate

“I ask you to pass legislation to help those who are sick and may become sick, due to horror of war.”

(MEDIA, PA) - If I were somehow able to address our Congress and Senate in assembly, I would have a few words to say:

“One of your jobs is to support the men and women who serve and those who have served.” “If not for our Armed Forces, would America be a free sovereign Nation today?”

Rehabilitation of Mangrove Forests Destroyed by Toxic Chemicals During War in South Vietnam

By Dr. Vo Quy, with the Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES) Vietnam National University.

(HANOI, Viet Nam) - The war has ended for 38 years.

Although Vietnam has attained miraculous changes in many fields, the country remains blighted by toxin which are not only harmful to environment but also affect seriously health, causing many potential dangerous diseases which heredity factors.

Agent Orange Dump Site Is Oregon Desert`s Toxic Legacy

Back in '76, Oregon’s DEQ pushed 25-thousand crushed barrels of chemicals – the prime ingredients of Agent Orange – notorious for its use during the Vietnam War, into unlined trenches, then shoved dirt on top.

(PORTLAND, OR) - One of the most toxic dumps in Oregon remains in legal limbo.

A deal cut by the state with the company that owns the site has now been dropped. And the Department of Environmental Quality has no plans – or money – to clean it up.