Agent Orange The Failure of Science, Policy and Common Sense
This book tells the story of Agent Orange, its usage and the policies that surround it. Agent Orange contains a contaminant known as TCDD. It was the most widely used defoliant from 1965 – 1970 and became one of three major tactical herbicides used in Vietnam. More than 45 major health studies were...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Herbicide Orange Primer
- 2. Project RANCH HAND: The Men and The Mission
- 3. Update on History and Science of the Major Components of Agent Orange
- 4. Update on Picloram and Agent White
- 5. Update on Dimethylarsenic Acid, The Major Component of Agent White
- 6. The Environmental Fate of the TCDD Associated with Agent Orange
- 7. Acquisition, Transport, and Disposal of the Drums Used for Tactical Herbicides Sent to South Vietnam
- 8. Human Exposure to Aerial Dispersion of Agent Orange and TCDD
- 9. Health Studies of Vietnam Veterans
- 10. Health Studies of Vietnamese
- 11. Birth Defects: Facts, Fiction, and Propaganda
- 12. The Media and Agent Orange
- 13. Failure of Science and Common Sense
- 14. The Failure of Policy and Common Sense