September 27, 2013
agent orange, agent orange legacy, autoimmune and rare disease, children of Vietnam veterans, claims, death, diabetes, dioxin, Faces of Agent Orange, herbicides, military exposures, military families, veterans children, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam War
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In response to the concerns voiced by Vietnam veterans and their families, Congress called upon the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the scientific evidence on the possible health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides. This call resulted in the creation of the first NAS Institute of Medicine Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides in 1992. The committee published its initial findings in the 1994 report Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam.