Agent Orange

 links and information

Supreme Court's Decision on AGENT ORANGE "June 2002"
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aocourt.html
    
VVA's Guide on Agent Orange
http://www.vva.org/Benefits/ptsd.htm     

 Peripheral Neuropathy Registry
     http://www.soft-vision.net/ao_vets/addregist.html
    
      AO Spray Map & Info "Must See"
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aospraymap.html
    
      AO Spray Map II
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aomap2.html
    
      Gallons of Agent Orange, White & Blue Sprayed in Nam,
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aosprayeda.html
    
      The Story Of Agent Orange
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aostory.html
    
      Agent Orange Classified Info
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/AOClassified.html
    
      Article on Defoliation
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/Defoliation.html
    
      MORE info on AO Chemicals
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aochem.html
    
      MORE Problems Caused by AGENT ORANGE
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/AOp.html
    
      Operation Ranch Hand Web Site

    http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/Jul-Aug/buckingham.html 
   

 The Agent Orange Cover-up: Dioxin KILLS Web Site
     http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/8212/dioxinkills.html
    
      Thesis on Agent Orange by Deana Feist
     http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/8212/feist.html
    
      Agent Orange and general information, (Vietnam Veterans Page/Lots of Good info)
     http://www.tpromo.com/usvi/ag_org.htm
    
      Agent Orange in Korea
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/aoinkorea.html
    
      The Service Officers Corner
     http://www.geocities.com/congcrusher/
    
      AGENT ORANGE Quilt of Tears
     http://www.homestead.com/quilt_of_tears/
    
      AGENT ORANGE Bracelets
     http://www.homestead.com/quilt_of_tears/agentorangebraclet.html
    
      The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
     http://www.vetsprobono.org/
    
      AGENT ORANGE Law suite
     http://www.agent-orange-lawsuit.com/
    
      The Order of The Silver Rose
     http://silverrose.org/
     
      Cyber Sarge's Site
     http://cybersarges.tripod.com/
    
      ColonelDan's News Letter Veteran  Issues
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VeteranIssues/

National Archives and Records
      http://www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html
     National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records Web Site
    
      http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprsf180.html
     Download form SF 180 to request a copy of DD Form 214
    
      http://www.va.gov/index.htm
     Veterans Administration & Benefits
    
      http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/index.htm
     Compensation & Pension Benefits  
    
      http://www.va.gov/FORMS/default.asp
     VA Forms
              
      http://www.vva.org/benefits/vvgvaclaims.htm
     VVA's Guide on VA CLAIMS and APPEALS
    
      http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/herbicide/AOno3.htm
     The VA's guide on Agent Orange claims
    
      http://www.nfline.com/wwwboard/index.html?cmdAgree=Agree
     A Veterans Claims Assistance web board
    
      http://www.ssa.gov
     Social Security Online
    
      http://www.ssa.gov/disability/
     Social Security Disability Information
    
      http://www.senate.gov/
     U.S. Senate
    
      http://www.house.gov/Welcome.html
     U.S. House of Representatives
    
    http://www.usa.gov/
     U.S. Government Links


BOOKS / STUDIES on Agent Orange

ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry). 1998. Toxicological profile for chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (Update). US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Atlanta, Georgia. 678 p. with appendices.

ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry). 1997. Interim Policy Guideline: Dioxin and Dioxin-like compounds in soil. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service. Atlanta, Georgia.

Dioxins and Health. Arnold Schecter (ed.). New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1994. ISBN: 0-306-44785-1.

Dioxin and its Analogues, Joint Report No. 4. Academie Des Sciences - CADAS. Paris: Technique & Documentation - Lavoisier, 1995. ISBN: 2-7430-0020-1.

Harvest of Death. J.B. Neilands, G.H. Orians, E.W. Pfeiffer, A. Vennema, and A.H. Westing. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1972. Library of Congress Number: 72-143521.

Herbicidal Warfare: The RANCH HAND Project in Vietnam. Paul F. Cecil. New York, NY: Praeger Publishers, 1986. ISBN: 0-275-92007-0.

My Father, My Son. E. Zumwalt Jr., E. Zumwalt III, and J. Pekkanen. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1986. ISBN: 0-02-633630-8.

The Wages of War: When American Soldiers Came Home - From Valley Forge to Vietnam. R. Severo and L. Milford. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1989. ISBN: 0-671-54325-3.

The Withering Rain. Thomas Whiteside. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1971. Library of Congress Number: 77-148477.

After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Viet Nam. Ronald H. Spector. The Free Press, New York. 1993. ISBN: 0-02-930380-X

In Retrospect - The Tragedy and Lessons of Viet Nam. Robert S. McNamara. Random House, New York. 1995. ISBN: 0-8129-2523-8.

Veterans and Agent Orange. Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press,
1994. ISBN: 0-309-04887-7.
1996 Update: ISBN: 0-309-05487-7.
1998 Update: ISBN: 0-309-06326-4.
2000 Update: ISBN: 0-309-07552-1.

VIETNAM: A History. Stanley Karnow. New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1983. ISBN: 0-670-74604-5.

Hamburger Hill. Samuel Zaffiri. Presido Press, Norato, Ca. 1988. New edition printed 2000. ISBN: 0-89141-289-1.

The American People's Dioxin Report (1999). Technical Support Document. http://www.safealternatives.org/peoplesreport.html

Herbicides in War - The Long-term Ecological and Human Consequences. A.H. Westing (ed.). Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia. 1984. ISBN: 0-85066-265-6.

WHO/EURO. 1998a. WHO Revises the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for dioxins. World Health Organization European Centre for Environment and Health; International Programme on Chemical Safety. Organohalogen Compounds 38: 295-298.

WHO/EURO. 1998b. Assessment of the Health Risk of Dioxins: Re-evaluation of the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI). World Health Organization, European Centre for Environment and Health; International Programme on Chemical Safety. WHO Consultation, May 25-29, 1998, Geneva, Switzerland.

WHO/EURO. 1991. Consultation on Tolerable Daily Intake from Food of PCDDs and PCDFs, Bilthoven, Netherlands, 4-7 December 1990. Region Office for Europe Summary Report. EUR/ICP/PCS 030(S)0369n. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen.


WHO/EURO. 1989. Levels of PCBs, PCDDS and PCDFs in Breast Milk: Results of WHO-coordinated interlaboratory quality control studies and analytical field studies (Yrjanhaiki, EJ, ed).
Environmental Health Series Report #34.

Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.
WHO/EURO. 1988. PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs in Breast Milk:

Assessment of health risks (Grandjean, P et al., eds.).
Environmental Health Series Report #29. Copenhagen:
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.


Australian Vietnam Veterans Study

This 1997 study of 50,000 Australian Viet Nam veterans entitled "Mortality of Vietnam Veterans: The Veteran Cohort Study" found that the death rate among veterans between 1980 and 1994 was some seven percent higher than for the overall male population. In addition, the study found that the death rate from cancer was about 20 percent above average, and that veterans may face an increased risk of death by suicide. The Australian government received this information seriously since it has been documented that those individuals who were in Viet Nam had successfully passed rigid medical examinations and were therefore considered
"healthy"; those with congenital medical issues were rejected as conscripts.

The report is available from:
Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
PO Box 21
Canberra, ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA