Agent Orange - 9783031081897

Agent OrangeThe Failure of Science, Policy and Common Sense\nAuthor(s): Alvin L. Young\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031081897, 978-3031081897\nSynopsis\nThis book tells the story of Agent Orange, its usage and the policies that surround it. Agent Orange contains a contaminant known as TCDD. It was the most widely used defoliant from [tel] and became one of three major tactical herbicides used in Vietnam. More than 45 major health studies were conducted with Vietnam veterans from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea seeking a relationship between veterans health and TCDD. Allegations of birth defects in the families of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnamese represented a case study in propaganda and deliberate misinformation by the government of [url] Policies of the US Government implemented by Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) identified 1.