Veterans and Agent Orange : [electronic resource] update 2010 / Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides
Summary language: English Publication details: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, 2011Edition: Eighth biennial updateDescription: 1 PDF-file (662 p.)Subject(s): Online resources:
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Because of continuing uncertainty about the long-term health effects of the sprayed herbicides on Vietnam veterans, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act of 1991. The legislation directed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to request the IOM to perform a comprehensive evaluation of scientific and medical information regarding the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam to be followed by biennial updates. The 2010 update recommends further research of links between Vietnam service and specific health outcomes, most importantly COPD, tonsil cancer, melanoma, brain cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and paternally transmitted effects to offspring.
Consensus Report of September 29, 2011.
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