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B: Information Gathering: Presentations to the Committee and Outside Meetings
Pages 739-756

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From page 739...
... At its first meeting on June 26, 1992, the committee heard presentations on background information for the study. In order to understand fully the congressionally mandated charge, the committee heard from Lawrence Hobson, Environmental Agents Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
From page 740...
... records-based measures of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam veterans, (3) validation of records-based measures of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam veterans, and (4)
From page 741...
... Reports on the National Vietnam Veterans Birth DefectslLearning Disabilities Registry and Data Base On April 13, 1993, the committee received reports on the National Vietnam Veterans Birth Defects/Learning Disabilities Registry and Data Base, which is a collaborative effort of the New Jersey Agent Orange Commission and the Association of Children's Birth Defects. These reports were prepared independently and present two parallel interpretations of the data.
From page 742...
... Part 2 discusses surrogate measures of exposure that have been used in health research studies of Vietnam veterans. The advantages and limitations of such surrogates are reviewed.
From page 743...
... 1. The scientific basis for using serum TCDD to assess exposure to dioxin in Vietnam veterans: CDC notes that epidemiologic studies of human exposure to dioxin conducted since the Agent Orange Validation Study (the Ranch Hand Study and the NIOSH Workers Study)
From page 744...
... These included the Brookings Institution Risk Seminars on Dioxin held in Washington, D.C.; the Environmental Protection Agency's Dioxin Peer Review Workshop: Health Assessment Document held in Vienna, Virginia; the 1992 American Public Health Association sessions Reassessing Dioxin's Health Effects and The Enduring Health Effects in Southeast Asia held in Washington, D.C.; a jointly sponsored meeting by the Toxicology Forum and German government, Current Views on the Impact of Dioxins and Furans on Human Health and the Environment, held in Berlin, Germany; a conference on Male-Mediated Developmental Toxicity held in Pittsburgh; and the seminar Human Tissue Monitoring and Specimen Banking: Opportunities for Exposure Assessment, Risk Assessment, and Epidemiologic Research held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Commissioned Papers To address all the issues that the committee was required to review, several outside experts were asked to prepare background papers on
From page 745...
... Rose, Johns Hopkins University · Evaluation of the Frequency of Birth Defects Among the Offspring of Vietnam Veterans Lewis Holmes, Massachusetts General Hospital PRESENTATIONS AT THE PUBLIC MEETING September 9, 1992 Session I E.R. Zumwalt, Admiral, U.S.
From page 746...
... Burdge, Sr., Vietnam Veteran/Agent Orange Health Study, Eatontown, New Jersey Hope Tinoco, Wife of Vietnam Veteran, Olathe, Kansas Don Braksick, Vietnam Veteran, Leesburg, Florida Session IV Harold Jackson, Vietnam Veteran, Houston, Texas Julio Gonzales, Vietnam Veteran, Chicago, Illinois Michael Eckstein, Vietnam Veterans of America, Eatontown, New Jersey Paulette Boland, Widow of Vietnam Veteran, Chicago, Illinois Mike Guess, Vietnam Veteran, Jerseyville, Illinois Jennie LeFevre, Widow of Vietnam Veteran, Shady Side, Maryland Open Session Steven Lamm, Consultants in Epidemiology and Occupational Health, Washington, D.C. Chester McKee, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Washington, D.C.
From page 747...
... Don Braksick, Vietnam Veteran, Leesburg, Florida Topic: Personal account of government conspiracy to cover up the long-term health effects of Vietnam veterans' exposure to Agent Orange. Turner Camp, Medical Consultant, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D.C.
From page 748...
... The community would like to have an investigation of the health risks of residents living near or downstream of chlorine-using pulp and paper mills. Michael Eckstein, Vietnam Veterans of America, Eatontown, New Jersey Topic: The New Jersey State Council's Agent Orange Committee would like the IOM committee to review scientific evidence uncovered by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Pointman projects, the Agent Orange Coordinating Council, and the records of defunct state Agent Orange Commissions.
From page 749...
... Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, Texas Topic: Personal opinion that most herbicide studies have sample sizes that are too small to detect an herbicide effect when such an effect exists and, because of this fact and inadequate treatment of type II error, Vietnam veterans' concerns about herbicides do not receive a fair hearing and judgment. Malcolm Barr, Toxicologist, Victoria, Australia Topic: Personal research that has uncovered new evidence implicating certain environmental agents as potential causes of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in vulnerable individuals with deficient detoxification mechanisms and indicating that certain phenolic herbicides used in Agent Orange could be implicated in Vietnam veterans' psychiatric disorders.
From page 750...
... Also a personal account of his diagnosis of multiple myeloma and his claim to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Michael Harbut, M.D., M.P.H., Physician-in-Chief, Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Southfield, Michigan Topic: Described clinical treatment of three patients (Vietnam veterans)
From page 751...
... Betty Mekdeci, Executive Director, Association of Birth Defect Children, Orlando, Florida Topic: The Association of Birth Defect Children has been selected by the State of New Jersey to collect information for the New Jersey Agent Orange Commission on birth defects, learning disabilities, childhood cancers, and other health problems in the children of Vietnam veterans. Steven J
From page 752...
... work. The Stellmans are coauthors of the Columbia University-American Legion Study of Vietnam Veterans, and were the exposure consultants to the Agent Orange Veteran Payment Program for the U.S.
From page 753...
... Her son, who was born after her husband returned from Vietnam, died at age 10 from a rare malignant tumor of the thalamus. John Corwin, Vietnam Veteran, Chillicothe, Ohio Topic: Personal account of psychosocial disorders, which are thought to be due to exposure to Agent Orange.
From page 754...
... Rockne Harmon, California, and James Harmon, New York, Attorneys/ Vietnam Veterans Topic: Personal account of Rockne and James Harmon, brothers who are both Vietnam veterans. James was a platoon leader in the First Cavalry Division and served in areas heavily exposed to Agent Orange or other herbicides.
From page 755...
... Carol Solbey, Widow of Vietnam Veteran, East Grand Forks, Minnesota Topic: Personal account of her late husband's death from chondrosarcoma, which is thought to be due to his exposure to Agent Orange. Her son was born with birth defects and a primary immune deficiency, thought to be due to her husband's exposure to Agent Orange.
From page 756...
... The health problems that he has experienced since then include chloracne and other skin disorders. Shelia Winsett, Friend of Vietnam Veteran, Jasper, Alabama Topic: Personal account of friend's health problems, which are thought to be due to exposure to Agent Orange.


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