HERBICIDES
NINE UNREPORTED FACTS
as reported in the Vietnam Veterans Institute Journal
Volume 6, Numbers 1-4, 1997
- An 800 man combat infantry battalion cohort exposed to Agents
Orange, White and Blue has been identified.
- High toxic-risk exist, if cancer occurs at a rate greater then 1
in 1000. The selected battalion cohort, can validate 19 cancer deaths
and 19 additional, medically confirmed cancers. Thirty-eight times
greater than the EPA standards for determining high risk.
- All impurities or contaminants in Agents Orange, White and
Blue have yet to be studied.
- Agent White a.k.a. Tordon 101 is
a combination of 2,4-D and Picloram. Picloram is
a chlorobenzoic acid.
- Agent White was contaminated with Hexachlorobenzene,
and has yet to be discussed or examined by the medical community as
to its effects on Vietnam Veterans.
- Hexachlorobenzene is banned in the United States.
- Hexacholorobenzene seeks out, enters and remains
persistent in water acquifier systems. in soil degrades to become Pentachlorophenol.
Governments agencies under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) are forbidden
to disclose impurities and inert chemicals to protect "trade
secrets or confidential Commercial information".
- Pentachlorophenol is toxic at low levels by skin
absorption and attacks the liver, kidneys, blood, lungs, immune
system and gastrointestinal tract-all areas of limited evidence
of an association to support veteran medical claims.
- Synergism (Combined toxic effects) of Agents Orange, White
and Blue has never been studied.
- Air Force TAPES Spray Data validates repeated spraying of the same
coordinates, on the same or subsequent dates and the use of combinations
of Agent Orange with White and Orange with Blue.
- Drinking water is identified as a key factor in individual toxic
accumulation.
- Dapsone, an anti-leprosy pill taken daily by U.S. Troops in Vietnam
to combat a form of Malaria, has not been added to the list of chemicals
that in combination with Agents Orange, White and Blue may
be affecting the present health of veterans.
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