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Sri Benson (center) holds a photograph of his wife Katie, an Army medic who he said died due to toxic exposure, during the signing ceremony for the PACT Act at the White House on Aug. 10, 2022, The Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act is the biggest expansion of veteran's benefits since the Agent Orange Act of 1991.(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Honoring Our PACT Act: a game-changer for Arkansas veterans affected by toxic exposure

BY: - April 18, 2023

CORRECTION: Groundwater at Camp LeJeune was found to be contaminated. An earlier version of this commentary erroneously described another type of water. (Sept. 25, 2023) Arkansas is home to over 222,000 veterans, which equals nearly 10% of the state’s entire population. During the last century, many were stationed on military bases with known environmental contamination, […]