Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2012

by Institute of Medicine, Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Board on the Health of Select Populations

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: 030928886X
• ISBN13: 9780309288866
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 1006 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"