GENERAL INFORMATION
ON DIOXIN CONTAMINATION AND RELATED ISSUES

On June 25, 2007 in connection with the New York court hearing,
Voice of America interviewed several of the parties. Here is
one of the highlights of those interviews:

"Dow Chemical told VOA that 40 years of research has not produced
concrete evidence that Agent Orange causes illness. The company also
says it is not responsible for the manner in which its products are used
by the military."

29 Oct 09 - June, 2009 Training on Agent Orange claims by the VA Rating Specialists

28 Feb 09 - Study analyses women Vietnam veteran and birth defects

25 Feb 09 - The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia 1961 - 1971 A history of the program in a massive file of more that 12 Gigibytes

22 Feb 09 - Childhood brain cancer and parental use of herbicide

27 Nov 08 - Persistent Organic Pollutants Toolkit

Early 2008 Hearings before the House Subcommittee
- Jan 29, 2008 - Use of Artificial Intelligence to improve VA claims processing
- Feb 14, 2008 - Examining the VA Backlog in claims processing
- Feb 26, 2008 - Schedule for Rating Disabilities

24 Nov 08 - 1986 - Cancer risk assessment for TCDD

24 Nov 08 - 1980 Study showing correlation between TCDD and liver cancers

14 Nov 08 - NIOSH Pocket Guide - Picloram - 2005

12 Nov 08 - A Fact Sheet on Picloram - 1998

31 Oct 08 - 2,4-D and modes of travel - 2001

31 Oct 08 - 2,4-D and reproduction study - 2001

31 Oct 080 - Dosage and Exposure data on TCDD - 1980

31 Oct 08 - A study of TCDD cancer and effective dosage - 1987

19 Oct 08 - The EPA's new reliance on mfgr's research to replace it's own

19 Oct 08 - The fraudulant work of Bill Gaffey - and his important impact on the myths of Agent Orange

18 Oct 08 - Acknowledgment by Alvin Young of financial support from Dow and Monsanto for his report on Agent Orange in Vietnam.See Note at bottom of Page 357. Not surprisingly, the report give clean bill of health to AO and its applications.

6 Sept 08 - The Legacy of Agent White

25 Aug 08 - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry report on dioxin

24 Aug 08 - Smokey the Bear - AO and the US Forest Service

24 Aug 08 - The Ranch Hand File - Overall Report

24 Aug 08 - The Lane Evans Legacy - A man who fought for veterans

17 Aug 08 - "The History of the US Department of Defense Programs for the Testing, Evaluation, and Storage of Tactical Herbicides" - by Alvin Young, 2006

26 July 08 - Bioaccumulation level measurements of Dioxin (TCDD) in Humans and Animals

26 July 08 - Dioxin (TCDD) found to be present in 2,4-D and other substances

30 May 08 - British Military Test Subjects Finally Compensated.

24 May 08 - Toxicology Analysis developed by the Canadian Gov't from their situation at Gagetown, N.B.

13 May 08 - Monsanto knew about product toxicity in the 1960s

30 Apr 08 - Spray Drift from Aerial Application of Pesticides

9 Apr 08 - Project SHAD YouTube Video - From VAWatchDog.org

6 Mar 08 - Cancer and TCDD: The Mitochondrial Connection

19 Feb 08 - Feb 11, 2008 CRS Report - Veterans Affairs: Health Care and Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

11 Feb 08 - Delayed Toxic Effects of Chemical Warfare Agents - 1975

26 Jan 08 - A Geographic Information System for Characterizing Exposure to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides in Vietnam

26 Jan 08 - The United States Coast Guard in South East Asia During the Vietnam Conflict

6 Jan 08 - Bob Kozel's Agent Orange Primer - 2008

6 Jan 08 - Revised Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Handbook defines VHA's role in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-Department of Defense (DOD) Contingency Plan. Dec 26, 2007

18 Dec 07 - National Security Memorandum #35 - to continue maintaining overseas stockpiles of chemical weapons.

18 Dec 07 - Air Force admits local Base COs were "at liberty to use herbicides... with no accountability required..." at domestic and foreign bases - June 30, 2005

18 Dec 07 - 2004 Pesticide Literature Review

17 Dec 07 - How Dioxin (TCDD) Works - Agent orange chemical, dioxin, attacks the mitochondria to cause cancer, says Penn research team

11 Dec 07 - Agent Orange/2,4-D is safe

14 Oct 07 - New York Times Archived Article Aug. 10, 1990 - Agent Orange Study Was Obstructed, Panel Says

10 Oct 07 - The History of the US Department of Defense Programs for the Testing, Evaluation, and Storage of Tactical Herbicides - 2006

8 Oct 07 - 1968 Report Chemical Defoliation of Northern Tree Species

29 Sept 07 - Links to the Monsanto Corporation Criminal Investigation -
Monsanto Cover-up -1990
EPA vs. Monsanto - 1994

29 Sept 07 - June 12, 2007 VA names new limitations to Herbicide Exposure Disease List

29 Sept 07 - ATTENTION! The USS Ingersoll Alert

29 Sept 07 - NVLSP Testimony to House Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 22

22 Sept 07 - Films on Agent Orange from GMWatch.org

15 Sept 07 -Agent Orange in Panama - 1999 Global Pesticide Campaigner Article - Full Report

15 Sept 07 - Dioxin Consequences Catch International Scientists’ Interest

4 Sept 07 - Cyber Sarg's Story of Vietnam - Historical picture of Deceit and Cover-up

2 Sept 07 - VA Cancer Data Blockade May Imperil Surveillance and Research

31 July 07 - Read Charles Kelley's info on the new benefits system PLUS some statistics regarding compension fraud and abuse - mostly from within the VA itself!

27 July 07 - The full summary of the IOM 2006 Agent Orange Update in downloadable .pdf format

27 July 07 - The IOM 2006 Update to the series "Veterans and Agent Orange" - Link to Publications page

21 July 07 - Link to Thousands of Dangerous Chemicals are in our atmosphere

14 July 07 - Contamination At Sea - a study of dioxin travel in marine environments

9 July 07 - The Case Against Mary Lou Keener.

8 July 07 - Wilfred Gluud of the Danish Vietnamese Association provides a very extensive list of books and research papers regarding Agent Orange. This link goes directly to the "Documentation on Dioxin and Victims in Vietnam" section.

2 July 07 - Postservice Mortality in Vietnam Veterans - 30-Year Follow-up - Archives of Internal Medicine. "Results: All-cause mortality was 7% higher in Vietnam vs non-Vietnam veterans during 30-year follow-up (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.97-1.18). The excess mortality among Vietnam veterans was isolated to the first 5 years after discharge from active duty and resulted from an increase in external causes of death (RR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.16-2.26). Cause-specific analyses revealed no difference in disease-related mortality. Vietnam veterans, however, experienced excess unintentional poisoning (RR, 2.26; 95% CI, 1.12-4.57) and drug-related (RR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.01-2.86) deaths throughout follow-up."

3 July 07Download Part 1
3 July 07 Download Part 2

Benefits June 7, 2007

29 June 07 - Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds: Evaluation of the EPA Reassessment - National Academies Press

23 June 07 - Veterans' Benefits Commission Presentation Commission priorities, June 2007

23 June 07 - Presentation of IOM to the Veterans Benefits Commission by Lonnie Bristow, M.D., on June 7, 2007

23 June 07 - The Case for Agent Orange - by Michael G. Palmer (11 Mb)

23 June 07 - a presentation to the 2007 Veterans' Benefit Commission during public hearnings

23 June 07 - Link to Hatfield Consultants web reference page for Agent Orange reports and studies

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