Agent Orange: Still Sick 44 Years Later

My family is from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and my Mother's side has 11 brothers & sisters, while by Father's side has 14. In 1966 & 1967, Agent Orange (a herbicide & defoliant) was sprayed near and around Canadian Forces base in Gagetown, New Brunswick. A document released  states that it was sprayed in the Fredericton area. I have relatives that recall this "spraying" taking place in Doaktown (50 miles north of Fredericton) as well.

I have dozens of relatives that have had various forms of cancer and have died from cancer. It seems that the people who have stayed in this area battle illness on a constant basis. Research shows that various types of cancer and birth defects result in exposure from Agent Orange.

Excerpt from agentorangecanada.com website:

The Agent Orange document, as it became known, showed the extent of the sprayings of Dioxin, Hexachlorobenzene and Picloram contaminated defoliants for a 28-year period over an area of 181,000 acres on CFB Gagetown. During the 28 years that DND sprayed, the enormity of the spray exposure and drift became evident as thousands of civilians and military personnel became sick and were/are dying from being poisoned by the carcinogenic toxins in Oromocto, CFB Gagetown and all of the communities surrounding CFB Gagetown

For all my Canadian readers, I urge you to download this petition and have 18 friends sign and return to the address listed on the linked page.