Over the following decades, signs of radiation exposure manifested in many of the airmen — everything from hair loss to blood disorders to cancers. The Defense Department wrongfully withheld the records, leaving the airmen in the dark, the lawsuit alleges. The Pentagon owes them answers.”A Defense Department spokesman was not immediately available for comment. The Defense Department never informed the majority of the airmen about their results and has resisted requests to do so, the lawsuit says. He was mentioned in the text of the veterans’ lawsuit but not named as a party.

Source: Washington Post October 05, 2017 06:56 UTC