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What is the NIMBY syndrome?

NIMBY is the acronym for "Not In My Back Yard." It is the rallying cry of residents who are opposed to the establishment of undesirable facilities, such as incinerators, landfills, or prisons, in their community.

Source: Acronyms. Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary 1993, vol. 1, p. 2388.

There were few precautionary measures taken in the handling of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. It is now suspected that most of the nearly 3 million U.S. troops who served in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange, either by breathing it in the air or eating and drinking contaminated food and water.

In 1993, a 16-member panel of experts reviewed the existing scientific evidence and found strong evidence of a statistical association between Agent Orange and soft-tissue sarcoma (a rare but varied group of tumors that arise in the muscles, connective tissue, inner layer of skin,...

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