Agent Orange WisdomCard™

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  1. Veterans Benefits Administration: VA's Guide on Agent Orange Claims vba.va.gov - VA's Guide on Agent Orange Claims
  2. American Diabetes Association: Agent Orange and Type 2 Diabetes diabetes.org - Agent Orange and Type 2 Diabetes
  3. American Cancer Society: Agent Orange and Cancer cancer.org - Agent Orange and Cancer
  4. Spina Bifida Association of America: Agent Orange Fact Sheet spinabifidaassociation.org - Agent Orange Fact Sheet
  5. Vietnam Veterans of Ventura County, Inc.: Agent Orange (1994)vvvc.org - Agent Orange
  6. BBC.co.uk News: The Legacy of Agent Orange (April 29, 2005)news.bbc.co.uk - The Legacy of Agent Orange
  7. CBC.ca: Agent Orange and Agent Purple (Aug. 21, 2007)cbc.ca - Agent Orange and Agent Purple
  8. ScienceDaily: Exposure To Agent Orange Linked To Prostate Cancer In Vietnam Veterans (Aug. 5, 2008)sciencedaily.com - Exposure To Agent Orange Linked To Prostate Cancer In Vietnam Veterans
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Research Notes on Agent Orange


Agent orange is a weed killer. This herbicide was one of the chemicals the United States military used in the Vietnam War. It was used to kill the leaves on trees to make the enemy easier to see. Agent orange contains dioxin which is related to some types of cancer and other health problems.1

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  • Was sprayed from airplanes, helicopters, trucks and backpack sprayers.1
  • The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes that some diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, Hodgkin’s disease, prostate and respiratory cancers as being associated with exposure to agent orange.1
  • In 1996, legislation was passed to assist the children of exposed Vietnam veterans, if they were born with spina bifida.1

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Veterans Benefits Administration: VA's Guide on Agent Orange Claims

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