[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, GLOBAL: Veterans and Agent Orange

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New from the National Academies

Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2008

From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to 
strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to 
destroy crops that those forces might depend on, and to clear tall 
grasses and bushes from the perimeters of U.S. base camps and outlying 
fire-support bases.

In response to concerns and continuing uncertainty about the long-term 
health effects of the sprayed herbicides on Vietnam veterans, Veterans 
and Agent Orange provides a comprehensive evaluation of scientific and 
medical information regarding the health effects of exposure to Agent 
Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam. The 2008 report is the 
eighth volume in this series of biennial updates. It will be of interest 
to policy makers and physicians in the federal government, veterans and 
their families, veterans' organizations, researchers, and health 
professionals.


For more information, see
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12662&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=NAP+mail+new+11.24.09&utm_content=Downloader&utm_term=#description

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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