Allegations emerge as whistleblower who
exposed scandal is due to be interviewed

Some serving and former members of the. Air Corps believe that their children were born with abnormal genetic conditions, rare heart defects and autism after being exposed to hazardous chemicals.

It is also claimed that several Defence Forces members became  infertile and that their partners had multiple unexplained miscarriages because they were not properly protected while working at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, west Dublin.

The allegations emerged as one of the whistle-blowers involved in exposing the toxic chemicals scandal in the Air Corps is due to be interviewed by the Defence Forces tribunal this week.

In a behind-closed-doors preliminary hearing, the whistle-blowers will allege some children of serving and former members died from rare cancers, rare heart defects and brain tumours.

He claims others were born with Downs Syndrome, malrotated intestine and chromosomal disorders.

Read full article by Valerie Hanley at the Mail on Sunday via extra.ie

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