Senator Durbin is upset because there is need for medical research needed for our military. There is a higher level of cancers among the troops.
This is an abstract from 2009. It is basically a casual study to find any difference between US general population and US military personnel. It found a higher incidence in some cancers and states with this casual finding, the military requires more study to solve any health impacts. Health impacts are cancer, but, also the general wellness of the troops needs to be understood.
Smoking cigarettes is considered a coping matter with soldiers. Does that mean they can't use electronic cigarettes to reduce their health implications?
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jun; 18(6): 1740–1745.
doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0041
The U.S. active-duty military population (click here) may differ from the U.S.
general population in its exposure to cancer risk factors and access to
medical care. Yet, it is not known if cancer incidence rates differ
between these two populations. We therefore compared the incidence of
four cancers common in U.S. adults (lung, colorectum, prostate, and
breast cancers) and two cancers more common in U.S. young adults
(testicular and cervical cancers) in the military and general
populations. Data from the Department of Defense's Automated Central
Tumor Registry (ACTUR) and the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) nine cancer registries for the
years 1990-2004 for persons aged 20-59 years were analyzed. Incidence
rates were significantly lower in the military population for colorectal
cancer in white men, lung cancer in white and black men and white
women, and cervical cancer in black women. In contrast, incidence rates
of breast and prostate cancers were significantly higher in the military
among both whites and blacks. Incidence rates of testicular cancer did
not differ between ACTUR and SEER. Although the numbers of diagnoses
among military personnel were relatively small for temporal trend
analysis, we found a more prominent increase in prostate cancer in ACTUR
than in SEER. Overall, these results suggest that cancer patterns may
differ between military and non-military populations. Further studies
are needed to confirm these findings and explore contributing factors.
The fact is the American people have to be responsible for their military. Many have come out of the military and were high achievers including service in public office. They are incredibly wonderful people. But, we have also witnessed escalating problems with their mental health.
There are dangers in the military that OSHA would never consent to and why then should they not be reviewed by OSHA and EPA to simply evaluate and make recommendations.
There are profound problems and as an example: Burning trash in open pits. The pollution is obvious, but, there are military personnel attending those fires and are exposed to the smoke that comes off these fires. There is some toxic stuff in the military. Their health is at risk. It might not show up immediately, but, eventually they will suffer. Carcinogens may not show up for 20 years or more; hence lung cancer from smoking tobacco.
We need to do this and measure the problems they are exposed to and find ways to intervene for their benefit.
This is an abstract from 2009. It is basically a casual study to find any difference between US general population and US military personnel. It found a higher incidence in some cancers and states with this casual finding, the military requires more study to solve any health impacts. Health impacts are cancer, but, also the general wellness of the troops needs to be understood.
Smoking cigarettes is considered a coping matter with soldiers. Does that mean they can't use electronic cigarettes to reduce their health implications?
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Jun; 18(6): 1740–1745.
doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0041
The fact is the American people have to be responsible for their military. Many have come out of the military and were high achievers including service in public office. They are incredibly wonderful people. But, we have also witnessed escalating problems with their mental health.
There are dangers in the military that OSHA would never consent to and why then should they not be reviewed by OSHA and EPA to simply evaluate and make recommendations.
There are profound problems and as an example: Burning trash in open pits. The pollution is obvious, but, there are military personnel attending those fires and are exposed to the smoke that comes off these fires. There is some toxic stuff in the military. Their health is at risk. It might not show up immediately, but, eventually they will suffer. Carcinogens may not show up for 20 years or more; hence lung cancer from smoking tobacco.
We need to do this and measure the problems they are exposed to and find ways to intervene for their benefit.
