The San Antonio Democrat and others in Congress are urging federal officials to extend benefits to those who served in Panama through the 1990s.
Steven Price went to the doctor’s office after suffering headaches in 2019. He was shocked by the diagnosis: Leukemia. The San Antonio resident and veteran connected his diagnosis to his service in the Panama Canal Zone in the 1980s. Price, 64, said the military used Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides to control vegetation growth and kill mosquitos, which now have been linked to diseases among veterans and Panamanian citizens.
Rep. Joaquin Castro files bipartisan bill to aid veterans exposed to toxins in Panama Price is among the Panama Canal Zone veterans who were left out of the PACT Act, passed by Congress in 2022 to ease the process of receiving healthcare benefits for former service members who were exposed to herbicides. “The U.S.
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