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The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School represents plaintiffs in a case seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan affecting American troops who served there. ....
Veterans’ advocacy groups have sued the U.S. Department of Defense seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan blamed for causing cancer and other illnesses among American troops who served there in support of the war in Afghanistan. ....
The lawsuit filed in Connecticut accuses military officials of withholding information about hazardous materials — including uranium, chemical weapons and asbestos. ....
According to the lawsuit, Afghanistan veterans were not told which chemicals they had ingested, or given medical care to address any toxic exposure. ....