Two chemicals that are part of a family of pfats. Its persistent, and bio item lattive, so it doesnt just enter your body and flush right out. It stays, and the Health Impacts are grave. Reporter pfats were first made to make the stickless coating in pans, and then came Firefighting Foam and other chemicals. What characterizes this class is that the strongest chemical bond that we have is in them. Reporter amy kyle is with the u. C. Berkeley school of public health. Its the quadruple whammy. We have band these chemicals, and some of all three, and also money until water. So its not only bad, but its going to get everywhere. Reporter according to the centers for disease control, the link with Harmful Health effects sin crease something studies have shown that exposure might affect growth, learning, and behavior of children, lower a womans chance of getting greg pant, increase cholesterol levels, and increase the risk of some cancers. Thats dupont, Better Living through chemistry. Its ou
Line. If you were a veteran you know are struggling, please contact the Veterans Crisis line 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 182738255 and select option number one or text 838255. I want to thank everybody joining us today. Weve made Suicide Prevention or top priority and today 25 to 31 bills we will discuss or related to improving access and reducing suicide in the veteran population. The issues surrounding Mental Health care are broad and complex. Let me address some of the remarks made by the Senate Counterparts at the hearing yesterday. The committee has been trying to work with the senate for six month is a end after promising staff conversations we are pleased to hear they are committed to moving forward with meaningful improvements to help reduce veteran suicide and help prevent veterans from falling into crisis. I look forward to speaking with chairman mao ran directly since we havent had the opportunity yet and to discuss further his commitment to pass the houses bipartis
Organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. The committee will come to order. I am pleased to have this opportunity today to hear directly from organizations that work with, represent or support millions of veterans every day. This committee has gatheredli today to hear from these organizations their firsthand perspective and reasons they support our comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, the commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This is a legislation that is been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those Veterans Service organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts that in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its p
Committee heard from representatives of veterans organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [no audio] [silence] [no audio] good afternoon, everyone. [audio difficulty] millions of veterans every day. This committee is gathered to hear from those organizations about their firsthand perspective and their support for comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This piece of legislation has been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those veteran Service Organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts they have in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its passage and its ability to be sent to the president. Additionally tomorrow, september the 10th, is worldwide Suicide Prevention day, and this is our opportunity to call attention to the tragedy of suicide and urge for sw
Department for the Trump Administration but hes interviewed by jeremy butler, ceo of veterans of america. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words are availablee through podcasts. Doctor shulkin, thank you for being with us. Its an honor to have you here. I think the va is important to subject to talk about in one of the areas of our government that a lot of people hear about but dont necessarily know many of the details. Frankly, even in the veteran community a lot of us dont understand the breadth and depth of what the va does. Im excited to talk to you about the ba in general and certainly about your book and about your time in the administration. Id love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va. Youre very successful in the civilian career and times making that transition from the civilian world into the government world can be a bit jarring but what drove you to want