Today, ProPublica hammered a key VA official who denies the harm caused by use of dangerous toxins commonly referred to as Agent Orange.
Assertions Of VA Agent Orange Denier Jim Sampsel
The testimony was presented last March to the committee in an effort
to explain why VA denies to many claims related to the herbicide, “When
it comes to Agent Orange, the facts don’t always matter.” Sampsel
continued, “So we have to deal with the law as written.”
Commenting on testimony provided to a VA advisory committee, lead
analyst Jim Sampsel, dismissed present concerns over Agent Orange
exposure, calling it “hype” and “hysteria” not based on “science.”
This curious given the longstanding obstruction VA and DoD have
engaged in regarding the effects of herbicides using in Southeast Asia
during the Vietnam War including massive redactions of evidence and
voodoo science to support the interests of Monsanto, the two companies
responsible for manufacturing the toxin.
Much of the research in the past that I reviewed, which is part of the Alvin Young Collection,
focused on impacts of dioxin exposure at normal levels. This assumption
fails to account for the military’s use of the dioxin in highly
concentrated forms to function as a chemical weapon, according to
Russian research published at the time. (more on this below)
The collection consists of much of the research reviewed by US Air
Force’s supposed subject matter expert Alvin Young, PhD. He went on to
deny the harm caused by herbicides used in Vietnam and testified as a
hired gun expert for Dow and Monsanto when the companies were sued by
Vietnam veterans decades ago.
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