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An ad hoc committee will conduct a study to “determine (to the extent that available scientific data permit meaningful determinations)” the following regarding associations between specific health outcomes and exposure to TCDD and other chemicals present in herbicides used by the military in Vietnam.
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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018)
Consensus Study Report
·2018
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 US base camps and outlying fire-support bases. M...
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