Veterans from many wars and many parts of NY State, their familiies and allies will march in Albany on February 7th from the Legislative Office Building to the nearby Vietnam Memorial where they will speak in support of a bill which will benefit N Y National Guard soldiers returning today from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The NY STATE DU TESTING AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS TASK FORCE BILL will take responsibility for addressing the mysterious symptoms suffered by our NY National Guard soldiers returning from war. These are often diagnosed as "undisclosed illnesses."
It will assist the New York soldier in getting the most advanced test for detecting exposure to radioactive "depleted" uranium(U238), a product of uranium enrichment used in U.S. weapons and tank amour. The bill also mandates a Task Force to set up a health registry of NY National Guard soldiers, to investigate the health effects from exposure to radioactive and hazardous chemicals and the precautions recommended for combat zones. No NY taxpayer funds are to be used.
Assemblymen Jeffrey Dinowitz (D-Bronx), Kevin Cahill (D-Ulster County), and other Co-sponsors will introduce this bill at a Press Conference at the Legislative Office Building at 11:00 on February 7. The Veterans March, to set off immediately after, will be led by Iraq Vets Sgt Gerard Matthew and SSG Raymond Ramos, who are both ill and have tested positive along with other members of their Units, for radioactive U238. Sgt Matthew's baby girl, Victoria, was born with the same birth anomaly, missing fingers, seen in Iraq babies since 1991 when the U.S. began fifteen years of bathing Iraq with radioactive "depleted" uranium.
"My husband went to Iraq to fight for his country," Janice Matthew said, " I feel the Army should take responsibility for what's happened."
For info about Albany event or this bill, contact Joan Walker 845 679-6938 or Angela Morano 845 246-8952.
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The NY STATE DU TESTING AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS TASK FORCE BILL will take responsibility for addressing the mysterious symptoms suffered by our NY National Guard soldiers returning from war. These are often diagnosed as "undisclosed illnesses."
It will assist the New York soldier in getting the most advanced test for detecting exposure to radioactive "depleted" uranium(U238), a product of uranium enrichment used in U.S. weapons and tank amour. The bill also mandates a Task Force to set up a health registry of NY National Guard soldiers, to investigate the health effects from exposure to radioactive and hazardous chemicals and the precautions recommended for combat zones. No NY taxpayer funds are to be used.
Assemblymen Jeffrey Dinowitz (D-Bronx), Kevin Cahill (D-Ulster County), and other Co-sponsors will introduce this bill at a Press Conference at the Legislative Office Building at 11:00 on February 7. The Veterans March, to set off immediately after, will be led by Iraq Vets Sgt Gerard Matthew and SSG Raymond Ramos, who are both ill and have tested positive along with other members of their Units, for radioactive U238. Sgt Matthew's baby girl, Victoria, was born with the same birth anomaly, missing fingers, seen in Iraq babies since 1991 when the U.S. began fifteen years of bathing Iraq with radioactive "depleted" uranium.
"My husband went to Iraq to fight for his country," Janice Matthew said, " I feel the Army should take responsibility for what's happened."
For info about Albany event or this bill, contact Joan Walker 845 679-6938 or Angela Morano 845 246-8952.
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