Really support our troops.

For any of you who are unaware, for years, many of our brave Marines have been stationed at a camp called "Camp Lejeune"  It is still operating.  The water was and perhaps still is heavily contaminated with some very toxic chemicals.  Many of the men and women who have been stationed there, along with their families are ill and some have died.  Their children are affected.     The government group responsible for investigating problems like this is called the National Research Council.  A subgroup of the National Research Council is the Institute of Medicine.  The Institute of Medicine is the group that linked agent orange to the health problems it caused, for instance.  That is their job and is what we pay them for, unless they have been prevented in some way from doing their job.  They operate mainly on Federal grants.  For some reason, though, the IOM was not the group that investigated this group of claims by this group of our heroes.  It was done by others in the National Research Council, obviously operating outside of their areas of expertise.   This is an outrage.  I am asking that you pass this on to everyone on your email lists.  I am asking all of you who recieve this to write to your congressmen or women and demand that the proper group investigate these claims and get to the bottom of this.   We owe it.  We owe the brave men and women who serve our country more than a blip of support on a bumper sticker.  If you have passed along any email in the past that said "Support Our troops" then pass along one that can make a difference in someone's life.   Please write your congressman.   Here is how you do that: http://www.congress.org/   Here is an article on in from CNN.: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/25/marines.breast.cancer.folo/index.html?iref=newssearch   The following is a post by a friend of mine who is disabled by brittle bones and who has had a number of other unusual health problems that do not run in his family: He has a broken back that won't heal.  Please write to your congressman.  A lot has been going on for them lately, and maybe they haven't been paying attention to this, or maybe even don't know.  Be the kind of citizen who brings it up, and REALLY support our troops.  Make a difference in someone's life.  Please and Thanks,   Sue Kaveny .    There is a new comment on the post "Poisoned Patriots?".
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Author: Patrick Wayman
Comment:
This type of contamination is a shining example of lousy stewardship and bad learned behavior all over the planet, and needs the attention of everyone, if we are going to learn how to survive on this planet properly in the future.
As we get better at unlearning this bad behavior, we will see that these situations occur less frequently. It is, and must be our goal for the future.

Camp Lejeune authorities had measures and rules in place that the upper echelon chose to ignore, and when it could not be ignored, they tried to hide, and when it could not be avoided, they went into organized denial. This is another example of bad learned behavior, and it has left its mark on us for the duration in many different ways, and multiples of deadly serious health issues.

The breast cancer victims, male and female, are just one of the major prime examples that show the connection to the CLNC water contamination. The reports generated by the different research groups were influenced by deception and hidden information, and not allowed to fully develop a picture of evidence that would swing this debate in favor of the victims. Another example of bad learned behavior that is prevalent in our society today, and almost always leads to a larger problem before the entry can be addressed.

The Feres Doctrine effectively bars Service Members from pursuing a civil approach to litigation, so the problem falls to the leadership of the Services to address, and again the rule of thumb bad learned behavior comes into play.

This is my understanding just from the little time I have been aware of it.

It reminds me of sibling squabbles trying to get mom to sway over which one of us is guilty for not lifting the lid up on the toilet. The rule is standard if women are living in the same house. Behavior modification is the only real solution here. And I believe that similar rules would apply here as well.

We all love our heroes, but don't want our perceptions of the picture stained with the sick and dying, yet they are there. I believe that we are the necessary proof already, and the evidence already satisfies the rules for a claim.
If this were strictly a civil matter, I believe it would have already been solved, and the portrait adjusted for the better.

But then unlearning all this learned behavior is really the issue, and mom is nowhere to be found to make the decision.

Just look at all the bottled water we drink these days, that in itself tells part of the story.

I hope that if you happen upon this blog, whatever your reason, you will leave your thoughts here as well. This is not going to improve until we all learn how badly it can go, and Camp Lejeune is an example of that.
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