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CANADIAN AGENT ORANGE LAWSUIT GETS OKAY

FROM COURT -- Class-action includes everyone

who served at Gagetown from 1956 to the

present who claim they were exposed.

 

 

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Agent Orange suit okayed

CanWest News Service

A lawsuit over Canadian soldiers' exposure to dangerous chemicals while working at a base in New Brunswick has received the go-ahead to proceed as a class action.

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has certified an Agent Orange/Agent Purple class-action suit against the federal Department of National Defence, Dow Chemical Company and Pharmacia Corp.

"It is a huge case,'' lawyer Tony Merchant said yesterday.

Justice Leo Barry defined those eligible to take part as "all individuals who were at CFB Gagetown between 1956 and the present and who claim they were exposed to dangerous levels of dioxin or HCB (hexachlorolbenzene) while on the base."

The class action was launched on July 12, 2005, by the Merchant Law Group on behalf of an estimated 440,000 soldiers and family members living on or near CFB Gagetown who may have been exposed to the defoliants Agent Orange, Agent Purple and Agent White between 1956 and 2004.

Last month, Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson said he hoped to announce a compensation package by fall.

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Larry Scott  --