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Vietnam Agent Orange & Links

 

FOR CANADIAN VETERANS

 

I.  VETERANS' SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTING VIETNAM VETERANS

 

www.vva.org

  • More specific for VVA:
 
           http://www.vva.org/benefits/vvgagent.htm

 

           www.legion.org
 
 
  • More specific for American Legion:
          http://www.legion.org/?section=veterans&subsection=vt_vietnam&content=vt_vietnam
 
  • Disabled American Veterans:
          www.dav.org 
 
 
  • For applications directly to the Department of Veterans Affairs:
          http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp

   

  • Agent Orange Canada Class Action:
 
 

II. GENERAL INFORMATION ON AGENT ORANGE USE IN VIETNAM

  • Hatfield Group Vietnam Analyses
           http://www.hatfieldgroup.com

 

  • The extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam by
Recently Dr. Jeanne Mager Stellman et al. published a paper on the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam in Nature (2003; Vlm 422: 681-687).   You can access the Nature paper, a video of their work, and other Agent Orange related information at http://www.columbia.edu/~jms13. Click on the "Agent Orange and Other Herbicides in Vietnam" link. The Nature paper outlines the  volume of defoliants used by the US military during the Viet Nam conflict. It also indicates that the dioxin content of herbicides used was likely much greater than originally reported.
 

III. HEALTH EFFECTS OF AGENT ORANGE 

 
  • Lymphoma Foundation of America
 
           http://www.lymphomahelp.org/0307win.php
 
  • EPA: Dioxin Generally
 
           http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=55264
 
  • EPA:  Draft Dioxin Reassessment
 
           http://cf pub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=55265
 
 
  • IARC classification of DIOXIN
 
           http://monographs.iarc.fr/monoeval/crthall.html
 
  • NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES'
           Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 (2003)
 

 

  • The Air Force Ranch Hand Health Study
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
          http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/va_search.jsp  and then type in "Agent Orange" 
 

IV.  GENERAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE VIET NAM WAR

A. National Sources

 

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