By JOSH BOAK, Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s journey Tuesday to Fort Value, Texas, is private — an opportunity to speak with veterans and their caregivers and push for extra assist for members of the army who face well being issues after publicity to burn pits.
In final week’s State of the Union handle, Biden raised the prospect of whether or not being close to the chemical substances from burn pits in Iraq led to the demise of his son, Beau.
“We don’t know for certain if a burn pit was the reason for his mind most cancers, or the ailments of so lots of our troops,” Biden stated within the speech. “However I’m dedicated to discovering out the whole lot we will.”
White Home press secretary Jen Psaki stated Monday that Biden will likely be touring with Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough to Texas. They will go to the VA clinic in Fort Value, with remarks to comply with on the Tarrant County Useful resource Connection on “increasing entry to well being care and advantages for veterans affected by publicity to dangerous substances, toxins and different environmental hazards, together with these from burn pits.”
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Biden can even name on Congress to ship him a invoice that protects veterans who face well being penalties after burn pit publicity. The Home handed a invoice Thursday that would supply VA well being care to tens of millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who meet that standards.
Biden’s son, Beau, was a significant in an Military Nationwide Guard unit that deployed to Iraq in 2008. The 2-term Delaware legal professional normal was recognized with mind most cancers in 2013 and died two years later.
It’s troublesome to hyperlink poisonous publicity to a particular particular person’s medical situation. The focus of poisonous materials are sometimes effectively under the degrees wanted for rapid poisoning. Nonetheless, the VA’s personal hazardous supplies publicity web site, together with scientists and medical doctors, say army personnel do face dangers and risks after being uncovered to contaminants.
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