Tuesday, August 31, 2010

North Woods landscape is under attack | StarTribune.com

"'We can believe [climate change] or not, but we can't ignore that things are happening,' he said. 'We're seeing tree species here popping up that we probably wouldn't have seen 30 years ago,"

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VA Publishes Final Regulation to Aid Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange - Public and Intergovernmental Affairs

"Veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in Vietnam and other areas will have an easier path to access quality health care and qualify for disability compensation under a final regulation that will be published on August 31, 2010 in the Federal Register by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The new rule expands the list of health problems VA will presume to be related to Agent Orange and other herbicide exposures to add two new conditions and expand one existing category of conditions."


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