AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN COMMITTEE REPORT: Operation Flyswatter
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autoimmune disease, birth defect research for children, birth defects, Faces of Agent Orange, Malathion, military exposures, military families, Operation Flyswatter, organophosphates, rare disease, Toxic Substances, veterans children, Veterans Health, VETERANS' DISEASES, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam Veterans of America, Vietnam War, Vietnam War Exposures, VVA
Malathion is the name of an organophosphate insecticide used in Vietnam to combat mosquitoes. Organophosphates were first developed in the late 1930s by Nazi Germany as chemical warfare agents (nerve gas). VX nerve gas and Sarin gas are well-known examples. Organophosphates... READ MORE