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	Agent Orange Information
		Agent Orange was an herbicide employed during the Second Indochina War commonly referred to as the Vietnam War.
		Agent Orange was not the only herbicide sprayed in Vietnam although, due to its intensified usage, it is the herbicide most commonly mentioned and blamed for health problems in connection with that period in history.
		Agent White: code name for a mixture of an approximate ratio of 4:1 of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; 239.7 kg/m3) and picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid; 64.7 kg/m3) CS (o -chlorobenzalmalonitrile), an anti-personnel (harassing) agent, was used as an irritant from 1964 to 1970.
	www.freewebs.com /orangeagent/index.htm.html (440 words)

	Agent Orange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Agent Orange (as well as Agents Purple, Pink, Blue, White, and Green) contained dioxins which are known to have caused harm to the health of those exposed during the Vietnam War.
		Agent Orange is a roughly 1:1 mixture of two phenoxy herbicides in ester form, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T).
		The judge concluded that Agent Orange was not considered a poison under international law at the time of its use by the US; that the US was not prohibited from using it as an herbicide; and that the companies which produced the substance were not liable for the method of its use by the government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agent_Orange (2548 words)

	Agent Orange (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Agent Orange is a punk rock band from Fullerton, California.
		They were a surf-punk band from the 1980s and first gained attention with their song Bloodstains which they wrote for a local Orange County compilation album.
		Agent Orange has had an enormous influence on the punk and hardcore scene, even though band members stated on Living in Darkness that "We don't feel a part of that scene at all." Agent Orange was one of the first bands to pioneer what would later be known as the skate-punk or skate-core scene.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agent_Orange_(band) (348 words)

	Agent Orange
		AGENT ORANGE is a 1-124-1 mixture by weight of the n-butyl esters of 2-4-5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2-4-5-T) and 2-4-dichloro-phenoxyacetic acid (2-4-D).
		AGENT ORANGE (contaminated with Dioxin) and Agent White were authorized for use in Vietnam in November 1961, to improve road and waterway visibility and clear camp perimeters.
		The evidence shows that AGENT ORANGE was dispensed in Vietnam in amounts far in excess of previous use; thus, the exposure of U.S. soldiers and the Vietnamese was not as directed.
	www.vvnw.org /Educational_Material/agent_orange.htm (4950 words)

	Agent Orange Terminlogy
		Agent Orange A herbicide containing trace amounts of the toxic contaminant dioxin that was used in the Vietnam War to defoliate areas of jungle growth.
		Agent Orange was a 1:1 mixture of the n-butyl esters of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T).
		Dioxin is the toxic contaminant of Agent Orange, sprayed by the U.S. military aircraft on areas of southeast Asia from 1965 to 1970 to kill concealing trees and shrubs (approximately 4200 square miles).
	www.gmasw.com /ao_terms.htm (4177 words)

	Agent Orange Lawyer - Agent Orange Lawsuit
		The Agent Orange lawsuit is against 37 U.S. chemical firms, and the plaintiffs' lawyers submitted an amended petition to the court that, they argued, contained significant new evidence that they had collected during a visit to Viet Nam.
		Agent Orange was the herbicide developed for military use to expose the enemy during the war by not allowing concealment in the lush Vietnamese terrains.
		Other Agent Orange side effect sufferers at the time of the Agent Orange lawsuit were unaware of the lawsuit and were also not included in the settlement, and the money from the Agent Orange class action lawsuit was depleted in 1994.
	www.agent-orange-lawsuit.com (1577 words)

	Agent Orange
		Agent Orange, is a herbicide, a defoliant which was used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War to expose enemy guerrilla forces in forested areas.
		Agent Orange was shipped in orange-striped barrels and it is a reddish-brown liquid containing four chemicals: 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), cacodylic acid and picloram.
		Afflicted veterans brought a class-action suit against manufacturers of Agent Orange, which was settled out of court by the establishment of a fund to compensate them and their families for any disabilities.
	www.drketi.com /agentOrange.html (896 words)

	Agent Orange Lawsuit - Attorneys - Nationwide Assistance - Law Offices of Gerson Smoger
		When Elmo III was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer associated with Agent Orange exposure, the Admiral made it his mission to gain compensation for victims of the herbicides that he had ordered to be sprayed.
		As part of his effort, Admiral Zumwalt had organized the Agent Orange Coordinating Council, comprising various veterans service groups and providing a forum to coordinate their interests in representing the Vietnam veterans who had been affected by Agent Orange.
		Eighteen years after the Agent Orange class action was settled, Vietnam veterans finally have hope that they may receive compensation for their devastating injuries.
	www.agentorangelaw.net /aagent_orange_lawsuit.htm (1483 words)

	HYLE 11-2 (2005): Risk and Responsibility in Chemical Research: The Case of Agent Orange
		The third section provides a focused – and necessarily incomplete– historical overview of Agent Orange, from the first synthesis of its active ingredients in a research laboratory and the occurrence of the dioxin contamination to the use of the agent as a chemical weapon in Vietnam.
		The history of Agent Orange is a good example of the chain of events that leads from the discovery to the application of a new chemical.
		In the case of Agent Orange, this debate is complicated by the fact that the damage was caused by a chemical impurity.
	www.hyle.org /journal/issues/11-2/jacob.htm (7421 words)

	Agent Orange Frequently Asked Questions
		Agent Orange was an herbicide used in Vietnam to kill unwanted plants and to remove leaves from trees which otherwise provided cover for the enemy.
		The name, "Agent Orange," came from the orange stripe on the 55-gallon drums in which it was stored.
		In its 1994 report on Agent Orange, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concluded that individual TCDD levels in Vietnam veterans are usually not meaningful because of common background exposures to TCDD, poorly understood variations among individuals in TCDD metabolism, relatively large measurement errors, and exposure to herbicides that did not contain TCDD.
	www.veterans.state.ny.us /faq/faqagentorange.htm (1805 words)

	The Legacy of Agent Orange
		Agent Orange was used in Vietnam by the Americans during the Vietnam War.
		Agent Orange (a 50:50 mix of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T) was one of several defoliants used.
		Agent Orange was manufactured by Monsanto, Dow Chemicals (manufacturers of napalm), Uniroyal, Hercules, Diamond Shamrock, Thompson Chemical and TH Agriculture.
	www.heureka.clara.net /gaia/orange.htm (2131 words)

	Agent Orange
		In 1979, a National Veterans Task Force on Agent Orange was formed and legislation finally was passed by Congress at the urging of Rep. Tom Daschle (D-SD), a Vietnam veteran who became a U.S. Senator, to commission a large scale epidemiological study of veterans who had been exposed to the herbicide.
		Agent Orange sufferers tried on several occasions to sue the government for its role in use of the herbicide, but their suits were routinely dismissed because of what has come to be known as the Feres Doctrine.
		Daschle is another of the enlightened voices, calling not only for true, scientific studies of Agent Orange free from political interference, but investigations of the cover-ups by the White House and the CDC that enabled them to perpetrate the myth that Agent Orange is not harmful to human health.
	www.usvetdsp.com /agentorange.htm (10456 words)

	Agent Orange
		Agent Orange, is also the identification of the harmful effects from herbicides (again, in error).
		The reality is that people don't have Agent Orange disease, rather, a disease, or cancer caused directly or indirectly from exposure to a herbicide containing dioxin.
		Agent Orange and other herbicides were used extensively thru 1970 (and thereafter until the end of the Vietnam War).
	wildgun1.com /AgentOrange (313 words)

	Apocalypse Still
		Millions, perhaps tens of millions of Vietnamese, combatants and civilians alike, were showered with Agent Orange, and then lived, worked, and breathed amid the residue of an especially virulent form of dioxin, a byproduct of one of the defoliant's chemical components.
		Agent Orange -- so called because it was shipped to Vietnam in 55-gallon drums marked with an orange stripe -- was the principal defoliant used in what the Pentagon called Operation Ranch Hand.
		If tracing the illnesses of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians to Agent Orange is difficult, linking the chemical to the thousands of children born with defects after their parents were subjected to TCDD has proved even more daunting.
	www.motherjones.com /news/feature/2000/01/orange.html (4540 words)

	Agent Orange
		Agent Orange Collateral Damage in Viet Nam - Collection of photos and essays by Philip Jones Griffiths on the health and environmental impacts of Agent Orange in Vietnam and Cambodia.
		Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA): Formed at the end of 2003 in Hanoi by a group of Vietnamese doctors and others who have been advocating for more assistance to Vietnamese who are believed to be suffering from exposure to Agent Orange.
		The Vietnam Agent Orange Memorial Quilt, Agent Orange Victims and Widows Support Network is promoting the crafting of quilts to draw widespread national attention to the plight of the Vietnam Veterans affected by Agent Orange sprayed on them in Vietnam.
	www.ffrd.org /indochina/agentorange.html (1121 words)

	Agent Orange, Operation Ranch Hand : Vietnam War Herbicides
		Below is a map of the provinces of the Central Highlands showing the total volume sprayed of the three major herbicides used in the war; Agents Orange, Blue and White.
		The committee's report specifically focuses on Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam, some of which contained dioxin, and unintended byproduct of the manufacturing process.
		After a scientific report in 1969 concluded that one of the primary chemicals used in Agent Orange could cause birth defects in laboratory animals, use of the herbicide was suspended.
	www.landscaper.net /agent.htm (2145 words)

	Agent Orange
		Agent Orange was a herbicide used in Vietnam to kill unwanted plants and to remove leaves from trees that otherwise provided cover for the enemy.
		In its 1994 report on Agent Orange, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concluded that individual TCDD levels in Vietnam veterans usually are not meaningful because of background exposures to TCDD in all Americans, poorly understood variations among individuals in TCDD metabolism, relatively large measurement errors, and exposure to herbicides that did not contain TCDD.
		In September 2000, VA recognized that Agent Orange was used in Korea in the late 1960’s and approved Agent Orange examinations for U.S. veterans who served in Korea in 1968 or 1969.
	www.militaryspot.com /agent-orange.htm (1777 words)

	Agent Orange, Second Circuit Decision
		The Nov. 30 decision allows the vets, who developed cancer after the Agent Orange settlement wound down at the end of 1994, to pursue cases against more than a dozen chemical companies, including Dow Chemical Co. And it may open the door for others who got sick in recent years to sue.
		Isaacson served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 and was an Air Force crew chief assigned to a base where planes that sprayed Agent Orange were based.
		Another hurdle for plaintiffs will be to prove that their diseases were actually caused by Agent Orange.
	www.agentorangelaw.net /second_circuit_decison.htm (668 words)

	Agent Orange - Herbicide Exposure (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
		Agent Orange - Herbicide Exposure (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
		The following link is used to direct your inquiry to VA's Agent Orange Helpline.
		These are the diseases which VA currently presumes resulted from exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange.
	www.vba.va.gov /bln/21/benefits/herbicide (377 words)

	What is Agent Orange
		Agent Orange was the code name for a herbicide that was used during the Vietnam conflict, between 1962 and 1971.
		The purpose of agent orange was to deny enemy cover and concealment in dense terrain by defoliating trees and shrubbery where the enemy could hide.
		The Agent Orange used in Vietnam was later found to be extremely contaminated with a dioxin.
	www.co.genesee.mi.us /veterans/benefits/agent-orange.htm (629 words)

	Agent Orange Website
		Agent Orange was the code name for a herbicide developed for the military, primarily for use in tropical climates.
		Agent Orange was a 50-50 mix of two chemicals, known conventionally as 2,4,D and 2,4,5,T. The combined product was mixed with kerosene or diesel fuel and dispersed by aircraft, vehicle, and hand spraying.
		The TCDD found in Agent Orange is thought to be harmful to man. In laboratory tests on animals, TCDD has caused a wide variety of diseases, many of them fatal.
	www.lewispublishing.com /orange.htm (475 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Vietnam's war against Agent Orange
		Agent Orange was designed to defoliate the jungle and thus deny cover to Vietcong guerrillas.
		Around 10,000 US war veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange receive disability benefits for various types of cancer and other serious health problems that have been linked to dioxin.
		It accuses the US companies of knowingly permitting Agent Orange to be sprayed for military purposes, in violation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning the use of chemical and biological agents.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/3798581.stm (900 words)

	agent orange
		Agent Orange was one of the weed-killing chemicals used by the U.S. in Vietnam.
		According to Vietnamese medical authorities, she is part of a new generation of Agent Orange victims, forever scarred by the U.S.-made herbicide containing dioxin, one of the world's most toxic pollutants.
		Though neither Nguyen nor her husband was exposed to the Agent Orange sprayed by U.S. forces from 1962 to 1971, officials here say they believe the couple genetically passed on dioxin's side effects after eating fish from contaminated canals.
	www.menstuff.org /issues/byissue/agentorange.html (5030 words)

	ACS :: Agent Orange and Cancer
		One of the challenges in assessing the health effects of Agent Orange exposure is determining the amount of exposure any individual veteran received (or even what they were exposed to), as there is very little information of this type available.
		IARC has not rated Agent Orange per se, but the phenoxy herbicides, including 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, are categorized as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2B), and 2,3,7,8-TCDD (dioxin) is categorized as "known to be carcinogenic to humans" (Group 1).
		The diseases considered related to Agent Orange exposure correspond closely to the conditions found by the IOM to have "sufficient" or "limited/suggestive" evidence of an association.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/PED/content/PED_1_3x_Agent_Orange_and_Cancer.asp?sitearea=PED (5719 words)

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