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Old Sat Apr 11, 2015, 02:38 PM
MikeG MikeG is offline
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MDS in Veteran Medical Lab Technician

Has anyone had experience as a clinical hospital lab technician exposed to benzene in the clinical laboratory. As I sat at a microscope all day long for 3-4 years, we always kept a container of xylene open on the table to remove the oil we put on microscope slides that was necessary for achieving high resolution of cells being examined. Although xylene does not cause MDS, in the 1960's xylene was contaminated with dangerous amounts of benzene during the manufacturing process. This is not an agent orange problem but rather one of exposure to benzene. Does anyone have any experience filing with the VA for a disability claim for MDS caused by clinical laboratory benzene exposure such as this?
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