Veterans and Agent Orange:: Update 2010

Name: Veterans and Agent Orange:: Update 2010
Author: Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update), Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309214476

Author Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update), Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine

Publisher National Academies Press

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Author(s)Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update), Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine

PublisherNational Academies Press

ISBN / ASIN0309214475

ISBN-139780309214476

MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷

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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 Institite of Medicine 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.