Biodefense facilities in Fort Detrick, Maryland have nearby residents rightfully concerned about a host of diseases many believe are related to Army activities that include Agent Orange testing during the Vietnam War. Most recently, a possible cancer cluster has been the subject an intense investigation.
“There’s fibromyalgia, there’s lupus, there’s cleft palate … there’s vitiligo, there’s other tumors that show up on your body parts that might not be cancerous, but they are tumors and people are living with this that grew up in these regions that they’re speaking of,” said Cincy Umberger, who has fibromyalgia and vitiligo, quoted My Fox.