Petition:
Toxic Exposed Patient Act

Problem:
Millions of U.S. Military Service Members, Veterans and Citizens of all ages, cultures and ethnicities are suffering from medically unexplained illnesses and cancers as a result of toxic exposures, to include vaccine injuries. The Veterans Affairs (VA) has admitted several toxins, including military vaccines are one of four categories of exposures that cause Gulf War Illness, otherwise known as Chronic Multi-Symptom Illness. Since the early 1990s, Congress and the VA agreed more research was needed about anthrax vaccine adverse effects. However, it was never accomplished. They refuse to acknowledge several millions of non-deployed Military Veterans are suffering as a result of the anthrax vaccine and other environmental toxins. Currently there are no laws in Congress covering this entire patient demographic. The Center for Disease Controls (CDC) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting Systems (FAERS). Are both broken systems that do nothing with the reports of very serious symptoms, diseases, and even death as a result of toxic exposures, including vaccine injury throughout the nation and the world. There are absolutely no facilities in each state with the knowledgeable medical staff equipped with the tools to properly evaluate, diagnose and treat our toxic exposed patient demographic.

Solution:
In order to receive the benefits and compensation these Military Service Members, Veterans and citizens deserve we need US Congress to enforce an additional ruling similar to the PACT Act and Gulf War Illness Research Advisory Team. We need additional research funding to identify why some toxins have such adverse effects in some citizens. Identify illnesses they have caused for prevention, diagnostics and treatment and provide proper disability compensation. US Congress needs to allow all toxic exposed Military Veterans, regardless of deployment status, and their family members, to receive care at specialty clinics like the War Related Injury and Illness Study Centers and Mayo clinics for testing, treatment and diagnosis. As well as produce lower level clinics in every state, at both civilian and VA medical facilities to ensure all patients receive proper healthcare for their specific toxic exposure. Our medical systems lack the education needed to properly treat our toxic exposed patient demographic. Which is why there must be funding for toxic medical research, proper toxic healthcare facilities and education in our medical communities.

Personal story of Disabled Veteran Sara Boyd:
I am one of the many Military Veterans who fit in the class of citizens described above. I served ten years on active duty in the Army from 1998 to 2008. I was found unfit for duty and forced to Medically Retire as a result of my injuries and medical conditions caused by the anthrax vaccine. In 1998, President Clinton signed a bill called the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) forcing over two million Military Service Members and Military Contracted Civilians to receive the anthrax vaccine during the biodefense weapon threat. After 2002, Congress mandated the Department of Defense to change the way they distributed the vaccine by including the following: all service members deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan and Korea would receive the vaccine and would need to sign an Informed Consent Form. During the ten years I served, I received over five anthrax vaccines without signing one Informed Consent form and deployed to Korea. The Department of Defense included those deploying to Korea to receive the anthrax vaccine, but did not include Korea in their Gulf War Registry Exam, even though they admit the anthrax vaccine to be a possible exposure for Gulf War Medically Unexplained Illness on the VAs public health website.

As a result of this and many other negligent occurrences, millions of Military Veterans have been left behind and are not receiving the medical care or compensation they deserve. I have been diagnosed with several neurological, and auto-immune medical conditions affecting all body systems. After joining the military as a healthy 18 year old woman with no history of any medical conditions. I was forced to medically retire at the age of 28, and am no longer able to drive, fly or work in any career. The need for reputable research from the CDC and medical care from the top specialists is crucial to determine what is affecting so many of my fellow Military Veterans, and United States Citizens, including myself.

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