Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2014

by Board on the Health of Select Populations, Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Tenth Biennial, Institute of Medicine, et al.

From 1962 to 1971, the US military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to destroy crops that those forces might depend on, and to clear tall grasses and bushes from the perimeters of US base camps and outlying fire-support bases. Mixtures of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), picloram, and cacodylic acid made up the bulk of the herbicides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309380669
• ISBN13: 9780309380669
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 1114 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"