After attempting to escape its liability and responsibility to compensate United States servicemembers harmed by its sale of faulty earplugs to the U.S. military, 3M has been ordered into mediation as the litigation surrounding the matter moves forward.
Earlier this summer, 3M attempted to offload responsibility for the Combat Arms earplugs situation onto a subsidiary company called Aearo Technologies and then simultaneously declare that company bankrupt. ...
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The Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, also known as the PACT Act, seemed like a slam dunk. Amid some of the most polarized and obstructionist politics in our nation’s history, legislators on both sides were poised to pass a comprehensive bill that would funnel hundreds of millions of dollars toward caring for veterans that were exposed to toxic burn pits and other ...
In an incredibly rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. House and Senate have crafted legislation to fund a VA effort to add coverage for nine types of respiratory cancers generally attributed to military service near burn pits. That, however, is where the good will ends, as the two parties have suggested drastically different funding levels.
Burn pits are used in military theaters to dispose of ...
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A study has found a link between U.S. veterans’ exposure to Agent Orange, and deadly forms of prostate cancer, according to a story in U.S. News and World Report.
Previous research has suggested that Agent Orange, a chemical spray used as a defoliant in Vietnam, increases the risk of prostate cancer. But the new study is the first to demonstrate a specific link between the defoliant and more dangerous forms of ...
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