By the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition...
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The extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam
Jeanne Mager Stellman, Steven D. Stellman, Richard Christian, Tracy Weber & Carrie Tomasallo. Nature, April 2003. Herbicides including Agent Orange were sprayed by United States forces for...
Viet Nam: War’s Lasting Legacy
A presentation by Phung Tuu Boi Boi Center for Assistance in Nature Conservation and Community Development, Vietnam and advisor to the Vietnam Victims of Agent Orange Association (VAVA) A...
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...
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...
Air Force Study
MORTALITY IN US AIR FORCE VETERANS OF OPERATION RANCH HAND Pavuk M1, Ketchum NS2, and Fox KA3 Organohalogen Compounds Vol 68 (2006) [pdf-embedder...
Ecocidal Warfare Publications by A.W. Galston
By Arthur W. Galston WESTING ASSOCIATES IN ENVIRONMENT, SECURITY, & EDUCATION Cook, R.E., Haseltine, W., & Galston, A.W. 1970. What have we done to Vietnam? New Republic (Washington)...
Agent Orange in Cambodia: The 1969 Defoliation in Kampong Cham
By Andrew Wells-Dang, Expanded version In contrast to the widespread spraying of herbicides in Laos and South Vietnam over a long period, one instance of defoliation in Cambodia resulted in a major...
Agent Orange and the Environment: From Research to Remediation
A presentation by Phung Tuu Boi Boi Center for Assistance in Nature Conservation and Community Development, Vietnam and advisor to the Vietnam Victims of Agent Orange Association (VAVA) A...
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......
U.S. Agent Orange/Dioxin Assistance to Vietnam
Congressional Research Service R44268 U.S. assistance to Vietnam for the environmental and health damage attributed to a dioxin contained in Agent Orange and other herbicides sprayed over much of...