News tagged with 'Defense Contractors'

Hundreds of veterans have contacted groups reporting illnesses they believe resulted from their exposure to toxic smoke from burn pits, used by military contractors to get rid of all kinds of trash in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hundreds of thousands more may be affected.

Jamie Leigh Jones Daigle still has not had her rape case heard by a jury because former employer KBR/Halliburton wants the issue to be decided by arbitration. Sen. Al Franken's amendment to next year's defense bill does away with arbitration for violent assault cases.

Perchlorate, from rocket fuel will have no federal standards, even though it contaminates drinking water in 35 states. The EPA and consumer and child advocates facing-off with the White House/Defense Department ended with the administration concluding cleanup was prohibitive.  Defense contractors could be on the hook for part of the cost of the contaminant which harms the thyroids of developing children.