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Vietnam Veterans Institute
Free Publications

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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