By Sonner Kehrt, The War Horse
Thursday, Jun 30
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When Doris Brock’s husband was diagnosed with stage four bladder and prostate cancer in 2015, his urologist asked him if he’d served in Vietnam. The cancer, the doctor said, was similar to what he’d seen in Vietnam veterans, who’d been exposed to toxins like Agent Orange.
The answer was no — Kendall Brock hadn’t been to Vietnam. But he had served for 35 years as a member of the Air National Guard at Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire, retiring as a chief master sergeant. Two years after his diagnosis, he passed away at the age of 67. Doris Brock thought about all the chemicals he’d been exposed to during his career in aircraft maintenance: trichloroethylene, PD-680, different types of solvents.
“PFAS was like at the very back of my mind,” Brock says.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/06/30/its-scary-as-hell-pfas-exposure-a-widespread-problem-for-troops-families-nationwide/
