Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium ended a meeting Friday at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11.
FILE - Jon Stewart attends The Albies hosted by the Clooney Foundation for Justice at the New York Public Library in New York on Sept. 28, 2023.
Two decades later, troops who served there are still fighting to get radiation-exposure illnesses recognized by the VA. Many have died young. In a statement VA spokesman Terrence Hayes said there are more than 300 conditions covered already by the PACT Act and that the agency is working on the specific K2 illnesses and radiation exposure."We continue to urgently consider every option to further assist these veterans and survivors, and we will keep them apprised every step of the way," Hayes said.
"He came home from that briefing and told me about it in our kitchen," said Kim Brooks, who joined Stewart at the VA meeting. "He was incredibly upset and worried and then became more and more exhausted and did not feel or look well leading up to his collapse." Sabrina Singh, deputy Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement Friday that the Defense Department is "aware of the health issues and associated claims of veterans" who served at K2 and is "working with the Department of Veterans Affairs on a way forward."
Radiation exposure from uranium can damage kidneys, create a risk for bone cancer and also affect pregnancies because it crosses the placenta, among other harmful effects, said Makhijani, who previously worked with "atomic veterans" who were sickened by radiation after working at the Bikini Atoll during nuclear weapons tests in the 1940s.
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