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...
Veterans Illnesses
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Veterans Illnesses
Veterans and Agent Orange
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange
By Fred Wilcox. “I died in Vietnam, but I didn’t even know it,” said a young Vietnam vet on the Today Show one morning in 1978, shocking viewers across the country.
Dioxin Revisited: Developments Since the 1997 IARC Classification of Dioxin as a Human Carcinogen
The epidemiologic and toxicologic evidence since the IARC (1997) classification of TCDD as a human carcinogen has strengthened the case for IARC’s decision.
Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange
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...
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...