Category: News on Related Issues

DARLENE SUPERVILLE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006 ROCKVILLE, Md. — The government is taking steps to preserve data and biological specimens from a quarter-century investigation into the effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans, having found an elevated risk for diabetes but no clear links to cancer from the soon-to-end study. The independent Institute of…

All Navy Vietnam War vets told to watch for Agent Orange symptoms

Sep 7, 2006

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RICK MAZE, NAVY TIMES, SETPEMBER 6, 2006 By Rick Maze Staff writer Navy Vietnam War veterans who never set foot on Vietnamese soil are being encouraged by a key member of Congress and a veterans’ legal group to file disability claims if suffering any symptoms of diseases that might be related to exposure to the…

Orange crush

Sep 7, 2006

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OHMYNEWS, SOUTH KOREA, SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 Tens of thousands of South Korean Agent Orange victims demand justice On Aug. 31, dozens of South Korean veterans of the Vietnam War gathered in front of the White House in the United States to demand compensation for their exposure to Agent Orange (AO) — a toxic defoliant widely…

Kurds raise flag, fears of war

Sep 6, 2006

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CLAUDE SALHANI, UPI, SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) — Verbal sparring between those who believe Iraq is in a state of civil war and the Bush administration, who insists it is not, may find the argument increasingly in favor of those who believe the country is affected by civil divisions, and may…

Anger boils in Halabja, Iraq’s "town of martyrs"

Sep 5, 2006

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IBON VILLELABEITIA, KURDISH MEDIA, UK, SEPTEMBER 4, 2006 HALABJA, Iraq – Broken glass crunched under Adnan’s feet as he walked through Halabja’s vandalised memorial. He stopped and pointed to an inscription on the wall. “There is my father’s name. I remember the day they gassed us as if it were yesterday. We ran but my…

Chemical Hypocrites

Sep 4, 2006

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GEORGE MONBIOT, AUGUST 27, 2006 When Saddam Hussein so pig-headedly failed to shower US troops with chemical weapons as they entered Iraq, thus depriving them of a retrospective justification for this war, the American generals explained that he would do so as soon as they crossed the “red line” around Baghdad. Beyond that point, the…

Survey reveals varied approach to risk communication across the EU

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CORDIS NEWS, AUGUST 25. 2006 A survey of EU Member States and six other countries has shown that the practice of risk communication varies widely from one country to another. The authors of the resulting report call for an annual forum to exchange good practice. Among risk experts, risk communication is regarded as being at…

Medha ‘ashamed and shattered’ after 20 years of Narmada

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INDIA NEWS, AUGUST 25, 2006 New Delhi – After 20 years of fighting the battle against the Narmada dam, rights activist Medha Patkar says that democratic spaces are closing and she feels ‘ashamed and shattered’. ‘Twenty years after the Narmada movement I feel ashamed and shattered. The democratic spaces are closing,’ Patkar said late Thursday…

Agitation on at Narmada valley even as more villages submerge

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SOUTH ASIA ONE WORLD, SEPTEMBER 4, 2OO6 NARMADA: SARDAR SAROVAR DROWNS THE ADIVASIS BUT NEITHER THEIR SPIRIT NOR THEIR STRUGGLE The situation in the Narmada valley today is nothing unexpected yet the most shocking. The Sardar Sarovar Dam, with the height raised, has silently killed the Adivasi communities in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, Jhabua…

Agent Orange victims appeal to White House

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THE KOREA TIMES, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006 South Korea’s Vietnam War veterans said they will deliver a letter of appeal to the White House on Thursday seeking recognition and compensation for their suffering from the deadly defoliant the United States used during the war, Yonhap News Agency reported yesterday. Tens of protesters gathered at Lafayette Park…

Dams have worsened flood situation, says Medha Patkar

Aug 23, 2006

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GARGI PARSAI, THE HINDU, AUGUST 22, 2006 “Overflowing Narmada dam has hit livelihood of tribals” • Simultaneous releases from all dams in a river basin should have been planned for • Much to learn from the floods in this monsoon, she says Photo: SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY MAKING A POINT: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar addressing…

Survivors of Halabja gassing prepare to testify against Saddam

Aug 22, 2006

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MARIE COLVIN & HAMOUD SAFFAR, HALABJA, THE TIMES, AUGUST 21, 2005 WHEN Saddam Hussein arrives in a Baghdad courtroom tomorrow to face genocide charges over a murderous campaign conducted against Kurds in northern Iraq, the witnesses will be hoping for a fairer hearing than those in his first trial. Attempts to prove Saddam’s guilt over…

The new Dow-funded study in Midland, Michigan: insider Dr von X gives his view

Aug 21, 2006

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DR VON X, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 19, 2006 Dow has a long history of killing and contaminating people for profit. Just as you might expect a serial killer to perfect their technique over time to evade detection and responsibility, so has Dow. Dow knew for several decades that the Tittabawassee River watershed, downstream from their…

Revenge of the fish

Aug 21, 2006

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