News tagged with 'Military Hazards and Accidents'

In a decision that will have major implications on future Agent Orange litigation, the Supreme Court deadlocked Monday in a case brought by a Vietnam War veteran suffering from cancer due to exposure to the toxic substance. A $180 million 1984 class action settlement had foreclosed the possibility of individual lawsui

In a case that may allow thousands of Vietnam War veterans to bring litigation against chemical companies that made the defoliant Agent Orange, three Supreme Court justices suggested that Dow Chemical Co.'s and Monsanto Co.'s 1984 settlement does not bar veterans who developed cancer later in life from filing lawsui

Researchers with The Institute of Medicine, a division of the National Academy of Sciences, announced Thursday that a type of leukemia is linked to exposure to Agent Orange. According to the institute, exposure to the herbicide, which was used during the Vietnam War in South Vietnam and Cambodia to clear dense jungle,

The United States Supreme Court will decide if two Vietnam veterans can continue their lawsuit against several chemical companies over exposure to Agent Orange. A $180 million 1984 class action settlement had foreclosed the possibility of individual lawsuits against more than a dozen companies that made the product, i

According to a new report released this week by the Pentagon, Navy sailors were intentionally exposed to several nerve agents in an operation known as Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) during the 1960s. Six tests carried out in the Pacific Ocean from 1964 to 1968 exposed thousands of men to sarin gas, a biol

The United States Marine Corps resumed testing of the controversial V-22 Osprey this week, two years after the aircraft was grounded following two fatal accidents. Four Marines were killed in North Carolina and 19 others died in Arizona when their Ospreys malfunctioned and crashed. Several military watchdog organizat

An explosion ripped holes in a scrap metals factory Friday (1/25/2002), killing one worker and injuring six of his co-workers and many other people who came to the rescue. Investigators interviewed workers from Hi-Temp Specialty Metals Inc. to find the cause of the blast, but were slowed by a language barrier. Translat

The Pentagon has resumed an inquiry into the controversial V-22 Osprey program after receiving information that the investigation of an April 2000 Osprey crash that killed nineteen Marines was mishandled. The Pentagon's inspector general opened the investigation after the Marine Corps' commandant, General James L. Jon

Two veterans who say they developed cancer because of exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War can sue the chemical's manufacturers according to a recent ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A 1984 class action settlement had foreclosed the possibility of individual lawsuits against more than a doze

The United States Navy is requiring all personnel in the Atlantic Fleet who handle firearms to undergo mandatory small arms training in the wake of fifteen weapons accidents that have occurred over the last eight months. A spokesperson for the Atlantic Fleet revealed that no injuries had been reported, but that the ac

Gulf War veterans have always believed the deserts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia contributed to mysterious illnesses upon their return to the states. A recent study may provide valuable answers that corroborate this theory. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense examined more than 700,000 militar

Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) who believe they contracted cancer or lung disease due to overexposure to radiation, beryllium or silica while working in a DOE facility are now eligible for compensation from the government. The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program provides eligible and

Boeing Company and Bell Helicopter Textron recently agreed to pay Lt. Col. Keith Sweaney's family "substantially more" than $1 million after a V-22 Osprey manufactured by the two companies crashed and killed Sweaney and three other marines. The accident occurred near Jacksonville, N.C. in December 2000. The Osprey

Major General Dennis T. Krupp has been charged with Dereliction of Duty involving his alleged falsification of V-22 Osprey aircraft records. Krupp is the commander of the Marine Corps' east coast aviation units. Although Krupp will not be court martialed, he faces house arrest and forfeiture of pay if found guilty du

According to the United States Marine Corp, the V-22 Osprey will revolutionize troop deployment and allow the Corp to retire its aging fleet of troop transport helicopters. However, critics of the Boeing tilt-rotor hybrid call the Osprey a death trap. Twenty-three marines have died in Osprey crashes since 2000. C