By Fred Wilcox. An investigation of the scientific, legal, and moral issues raised by the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. "I died in Vietnam, but I didn’t even know it," said a young...
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Agent Orange Record resources primarily related to Dioxin.
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Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical & The Toxic Century
By Jack Doyle From its “accident” at Bhopal by its Union Carbide company to Agent Orange, from Napalm to Plutonium, Dow Chemical has been at the center of many of the worst chemical disasters in...
The Dioxin War: Truth and Lies About a Perfect Poison
By Robert Allen This is a book about Dioxin, one of the most poisonous chemicals known to humanity. It was the toxic component of Agent Orange, used by the US military to defoliate huge tracts of...
Dioxins and Health: Including Other Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disruptors
Explore the latest science on dioxins and other POPs, and their impact on human health By Arnold Schecter PDF available from the Wiley Online Library Now in its third edition, Dioxins and Health is...
VA Herbicide Tests and Storage in the U.S.
https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/locations/tests-storage/usa.asp Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam were tested or stored elsewhere, including many military bases...
Dioxin Revisited: Developments Since the 1997 IARC Classification of Dioxin as a Human Carcinogen
By Kyle Steenland, Pier Bertazzi, Andrea Baccarelli, and Manolis Kogevinas In 1997 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD; the...
Interview with Dr. Linda Birnbaum about Dioxin
This interview with Dr. Linda Birnbaum in 2004, explains what is dioxin? how toxic is it? and does it cause cancer? Dr. Linda Birnbaum is the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency's...
Dioxins in Air Force Veterans
PCDDs, PCDFs, AND PCBs IN THE SERUM OF 800 US AIR FORCE VETERANS IN 2002 Pavuk M1, Patterson DG Jr2, Turner WE2, Robinson JN3, Needham LL2 Organohalogen Compounds Vol 68 (2006) [pdf-embedder...
Monsanto Superfund Site, Nitro, West Virginia
EPA Website In March 2002, an inspector from West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Hazardous Waste group discovered a waste material on the riverbank of the Kanawha River...
Dow Chemical Superfund Site, Midland and the Tittabawassee River, MI
EPA Website The Dow Chemical Company facility in Midland, Michigan, began operating in 1897. The 1,900-acre facility abuts the Tittabawassee River; most of the plant is located on the east side of...
Dioxin Reservoirs in Southern Viet Nam: A Legacy of Agent Orange
By Dwernychuk, Wayne, et. al., Chemosphere, 47, 2002, Hatfield Consultants and members of the Ministry of Health, Vietnam In the isolated Aluoi Valley of central Viet Nam, very high levels......