We've got it all wrong - Dioxin not harmful! (VA)

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T.  Murphy, VA Director of Compensation

In his 25 September 2012 denial of my own application for Agent Orange benefits, Mr. Thomas Murphy (VA Director of Compensation Services), decided to redefine the fields of toxicology, environmental science, oncology, and others with his conclusion below. Going overboard thus, Mr. Murphy overruled the Institute on Medicine, World Health Organization, Society of Toxicology, American College of Medical Toxicology, National Institutes of Health, the United States Congress and much of the VA itself when he assured us:


"In summary, there is no conclusive evidence that TCDD exposure causes any adverse health effects."
Fellow veterans: do you draw comfort from his assurances, or do you feel Mr. Murphy offers this amazing statement in his dedication to insure one more veteran is denied medical care at the VA?

If Mr. Murphy has it right, scientists around the world have it wrong by their long-established conclusion that TCDD is the most toxic chemical known to science. TCDD is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 

Does Mr. Murphy have it right? His business background at Home Depot has been brought directly to bear in dismissing world-famous toxicologists' opinions that C-123 veterans were exposed to dioxin aboard our airplanes. Does Mr. Murphy have it right?

"No adverse effects." This shows the lengths the VA will go to in preventing fully qualified veterans' access to already-overstretched VA medical care.