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Uranium Illness Leaves Veteran Without A Doctor
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He was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis from his uranium exposure in 2004. Here is his daughter's blog:
Please, help me find a pulmonologist who will treat my Dad
July 12, 2012 10:11 PM
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - James Fitch of Fort Worth has spent the last five years connected to an oxygen tank. ?I have to have oxygen 24 hours a day,? said Fitch.
It?s a sad irony, because after serving in the Air Force, he spent roughly the same amount of time grinding uranium for the Phillips Petroleum Mill in Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico. ?You had a lot of dust from crushing it down. The dust gets airborne and you breathe it in,? explained Fitch.
It was the 1960s during the Cold War and the U.S. government had contracted with the Mill to extract uranium to build nuclear weapons. Back then, the men worked without covering their mouths and noses.
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - James Fitch of Fort Worth has spent the last five years connected to an oxygen tank. ?I have to have oxygen 24 hours a day,? said Fitch.
It?s a sad irony, because after serving in the Air Force, he spent roughly the same amount of time grinding uranium for the Phillips Petroleum Mill in Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico. ?You had a lot of dust from crushing it down. The dust gets airborne and you breathe it in,? explained Fitch.
It was the 1960s during the Cold War and the U.S. government had contracted with the Mill to extract uranium to build nuclear weapons. Back then, the men worked without covering their mouths and noses.
He was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis from his uranium exposure in 2004. Here is his daughter's blog:
Please, help me find a pulmonologist who will treat my Dad