U.S. soldiers exposed to toxins at site KBR knew was contaminated, senators say

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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/nowhearthis/archives/161831.asp


As two U.S. senators Wednesday were saying more soldiers than previously reported have been exposed to a toxic carcinogen in Iraq, the Oregon National Guard Wednesday sent out letters to 433 soldiers to tell them they may be among those affected.

The chemical is hexavalent chromium, which has figured into some OSHA settlements.

It is also the same toxin infamously found in elevated levels of groundwater in the town of Hinkley, Calif. in 1991, sending a then-unknown law firm file clerk named Erin Brockovich on a now-famous fight on behalf of residents against the utility behind the chemical's presence. The result was the largest tort settlement in U.S. history, $333 million, in 1996.

Fast forward to Iraq shortly after the war began in 2003, when U.S. troops assigned to protect KBR contractors working on an Iraqi water pumping plant in Basra were exposed to hexavalent chromium, which can cause lung cancer.

Saying they want more answers, U.S. Sens. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., on Wednesday said Houston-based contractor KBR Inc. allowed soldiers to be exposed to the chemical for more than two months even though KBR knew the site was contaminated, according to The Associate Press.
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the only thing neo con KRB cares about is profit.

the pentagon needs to be cleaned out of neo cons.

actually, I think the pentagon should become an apt. house and aircraft carriers turned into universities.

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1. ... looks like we have identified the Weapons of Mass Destruction ...

... can we start black bagging KBR/Halliburton execs and shipping them to Gitmo now? Please?

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2. gitmo is to be closed

prosecute them for war crimes, etc.