Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure

Institute of Medicine

doi:10.17226/13026

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Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure

(2011)

Over 3 million U.S. military personnel were sent to Southeast Asia to fight in the Vietnam War. Since the end of the Vietnam War, veterans have reported numerous health effects. Herbicides used in Vietnam, in particular Agent Orange have been associated with a variety of cancers and other long term health problems from Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes to heart disease. Prior to 1997 laws safeguarded all service men and women deployed to Vietnam including members of the Blue Navy. Since then, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has established that Vietnam veterans are automatically eligible for disability benefits should they develop any disease associated with Agent Orange exposure, however, veterans who served on deep sea vessels in Vietnam are not included. These "Blue Water Navy" veterans must prove they were exposed to Agent Orange before they can claim benefits. At the request of the VA, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined whether Blue Water Navy veterans had similar exposures to Agent Orange as other Vietnam veterans.

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure comprehensively examines whether Vietnam veterans in the Blue Water Navy experienced exposures to herbicides and their contaminants by reviewing historical reports, relevant legislation, key personnel insights, and chemical analysis to resolve current debate on this issue.

Contributor(s): Institute of Medicine; Board on the Health of Select Populations; Committee on Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure

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Institute of Medicine. 2011. Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13026.

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158 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-16247-0
Ebook: 978-0-309-21621-0

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13026

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xvi
SUMMARY	1-14
1 INTRODUCTION	15-28
2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND	29-46
3 SELECTED CHEMICALS USED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR	47-60
4 FATE AND TRANSPORT OF HERBICIDES USED IN VIETNAM	61-86
5 EXPOSURE ROUTES AND MECHANISMS	87-108
6 LONG-TERM ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS	109-126
7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS	127-134
APPENDIX: CODISTILLATION DURING POTABLE WATER TREATMENT: ANALYSIS OF THE AUSTRALIAN STUDY	135-142

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