http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/cancer/articles/2011/05/14/agent-orange-linked-to-kidney-cancer-study
Posted: May 14, 2011
SATURDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- There appears to be a link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer in U.S. veterans exposed to the herbicide in Vietnam, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Shreveport, La. examined the records of 297 patients diagnosed with kidney cancer between 1987 and 2009. Thirteen of the patients, aged 39 to 63 when they were diagnosed, said they had been exposed to Agent Orange.
Documented exposure to the herbicide and pathology reports were available for 10 of the patients. The researchers reviewed these patients' age at diagnosis, tumor size, side of lesion, pathology and survival.
Nine of the 10 patients had clear-cell cancers, which typically have worse outcomes than papillary tumors, which appeared in one patient. One patient had both clear-cell and papillary cancers.
During the average follow-up of 54 months, four patients developed metastatic cancer and one patient died from his cancer.
The findings were presented Saturday during a special news conference at the American Urological Association (AUA) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Research presented at meetings should be viewed as preliminary because it has not been subjected to the peer review that typically accompanies publication in a medical journal.
"We know that the chemicals in Agent Orange were extremely toxic, and are known to cause cancer," press conference moderator Dr. Anthony Y. Smith said in an AUA news release. "These data indicate that we may need to better determine whether exposure to these chemicals should be considered a risk factor for kidney cancer."
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http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/cancer/articles/2011/05/14/agent-orange-linked-to-kidney-cancer-study
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Soil Samples Show High Levels of Arsenic in Fort Detrick Area
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/soil-samples-show-high-levels-of-arsenic-in-fort-detrick-area-050911#ixzz1MLj5QZpI
FREDERICK, Md. - Even families in Frederick not touched by cancer say they are suspicious of the government and what goes on at Fort Detrick.
Others who live near the fort and have suffered from cancer or watched loved ones die painful deaths express pure anger. And now there's another suspect coming to light: arsenic.
Arsenic was used in the production of herbicides, including the Vietnam-era defoliant Agent Orange, which the government admits were tested and buried at a 400-acre section of Fort Detrick known as Area B.
"All along this road, you find every single house has been touched by cancer," says Rachel Kelley-Pisani of the Kristen Renee Foundation.
Kelly-Pisani is on a crusade to get the federal government to acknowledge a cancer-cluster around Fort Detrick - and to clean it up.
She and her organization hired an environmental firm to collect soil samples around Area B. The results, Kelly-Pisani says show dangerously high levels of arsenic.
"Arsenic has been proven to cause liver cancer, kidney cancer, skin cancer among others," Kelly-Pisani says. "And what we have found along this road and two other roads that are surrounding Area B are those exact types of cancers."
The arsenic findings have not been formally presented to Fort Detrick officials, the Frederick County Health Department or Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Online:
kristenrenee.org/
www.fightingforfrederick.org/
Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/soil-samples-show-high-levels-of-arsenic-in-fort-detrick-area-050911#ixzz1MLj5QZpI
FREDERICK, Md. - Even families in Frederick not touched by cancer say they are suspicious of the government and what goes on at Fort Detrick.
Others who live near the fort and have suffered from cancer or watched loved ones die painful deaths express pure anger. And now there's another suspect coming to light: arsenic.
Arsenic was used in the production of herbicides, including the Vietnam-era defoliant Agent Orange, which the government admits were tested and buried at a 400-acre section of Fort Detrick known as Area B.
"All along this road, you find every single house has been touched by cancer," says Rachel Kelley-Pisani of the Kristen Renee Foundation.
Kelly-Pisani is on a crusade to get the federal government to acknowledge a cancer-cluster around Fort Detrick - and to clean it up.
She and her organization hired an environmental firm to collect soil samples around Area B. The results, Kelly-Pisani says show dangerously high levels of arsenic.
"Arsenic has been proven to cause liver cancer, kidney cancer, skin cancer among others," Kelly-Pisani says. "And what we have found along this road and two other roads that are surrounding Area B are those exact types of cancers."
The arsenic findings have not been formally presented to Fort Detrick officials, the Frederick County Health Department or Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Online:
kristenrenee.org/
www.fightingforfrederick.org/
Read more: http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/soil-samples-show-high-levels-of-arsenic-in-fort-detrick-area-050911#ixzz1MLj5QZpI
Monday, May 9, 2011
Agent of influence - The realpolitik case for compensating Vietnam
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1001.cain-kurlantzick.html
By Geoffrey Cain and Joshua Kurlantzick
Anh Nguyen Khanh, a motorbike driver in the mountains outside Da Nang, a city in southern Vietnam, is only fifty-three, but he looks much older. His fourteen-year-old son was born with severe spina bifida and cannot walk; his seventeen-year-old daughter has Down’s syndrome. His wife, shattered by her two children’s hardships, has become so mentally unstable she must be restrained at times. "Life is the hardest thing," says Anh Khanh, who supports his family by transporting vegetables between villages, earning about $100 per month. "This [life] is truly a curse."
As a child during the Vietnam War, Anh Khanh remembers watching as American forces sprayed the area around his home with Agent Orange, a defoliant containing the chemical dioxin and used by U.S. forces to kill plants and expose enemy movement. "I remember seeing the American warplanes dropping some sort of chemical on the jungles," he says. "We thought everything was okay, because they weren’t dropping bombs … It wasn’t until the 1980s, when our generation started having children, that we learned the horrible effects of war would follow us our entire lives." Today, Anh Khanh, like many Vietnamese, is convinced that the remnants of dioxin, a poison, in his village’s soil have destroyed his family, causing his children’s birth defects, which then ruined his wife’s mental health. The local government, he says, has little money to help him, and offers just $15 per month in benefits, only enough to cover a portion of the food and health care costs of one of his two children. "God is watching over us," he says. "That’s our only hope."
During the Vietnam War, the United States sprayed as much as 18 million gallons of Agent Orange on the country, according to a Government Accountability Office study. Decades later, the long-acting toxin continues to exact a terrible toll on the people of Vietnam. While the U.S. insists that there is not enough evidence to link the spraying of the defoliant to any illnesses in Vietnam, the government in Hanoi estimates that as many as 400,000 Vietnamese have died early from ailments related to exposure to dioxin and that 500,000 children have birth defects because of exposure to the chemicals leeching into water and soil.
READ MORE: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1001.cain-kurlantzick.html
By Geoffrey Cain and Joshua Kurlantzick
Anh Nguyen Khanh, a motorbike driver in the mountains outside Da Nang, a city in southern Vietnam, is only fifty-three, but he looks much older. His fourteen-year-old son was born with severe spina bifida and cannot walk; his seventeen-year-old daughter has Down’s syndrome. His wife, shattered by her two children’s hardships, has become so mentally unstable she must be restrained at times. "Life is the hardest thing," says Anh Khanh, who supports his family by transporting vegetables between villages, earning about $100 per month. "This [life] is truly a curse."
As a child during the Vietnam War, Anh Khanh remembers watching as American forces sprayed the area around his home with Agent Orange, a defoliant containing the chemical dioxin and used by U.S. forces to kill plants and expose enemy movement. "I remember seeing the American warplanes dropping some sort of chemical on the jungles," he says. "We thought everything was okay, because they weren’t dropping bombs … It wasn’t until the 1980s, when our generation started having children, that we learned the horrible effects of war would follow us our entire lives." Today, Anh Khanh, like many Vietnamese, is convinced that the remnants of dioxin, a poison, in his village’s soil have destroyed his family, causing his children’s birth defects, which then ruined his wife’s mental health. The local government, he says, has little money to help him, and offers just $15 per month in benefits, only enough to cover a portion of the food and health care costs of one of his two children. "God is watching over us," he says. "That’s our only hope."
During the Vietnam War, the United States sprayed as much as 18 million gallons of Agent Orange on the country, according to a Government Accountability Office study. Decades later, the long-acting toxin continues to exact a terrible toll on the people of Vietnam. While the U.S. insists that there is not enough evidence to link the spraying of the defoliant to any illnesses in Vietnam, the government in Hanoi estimates that as many as 400,000 Vietnamese have died early from ailments related to exposure to dioxin and that 500,000 children have birth defects because of exposure to the chemicals leeching into water and soil.
READ MORE: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1001.cain-kurlantzick.html
from Birth Defect Research for Children
The Children’s Centers idea on the NIESH Strategic Planning Site had 115 comments which can be found by going to this URL http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/strategicplan/index.cfm and clicking on Affected/Susceptible Populations. The Children’s Centers idea is the 13th idea presented. I can’t figure out how they established the order since it is not alphabetical and I believe we had the most votes. They aren’t listing the total votes, but I believe we ended up with 767. I am so grateful for the veterans’ overwhelming support for this idea.
I will be attending the NIESH Council meeting in Raleigh next week and one of the presentations will be on the Strategic Planning Process so it will be interesting to hear any comments they have on the public input especially the Centers suggestion.
Thanks for your help with support for the Children’s Center idea.
With best regards,
Betty
Betty Mekdeci
Executive Director
Birth Defect Research for Children
http://www.birthdefects.org
976 Lake Baldwin Lane, Suite 104
Orlando FL 32814
407-895-0802
I will be attending the NIESH Council meeting in Raleigh next week and one of the presentations will be on the Strategic Planning Process so it will be interesting to hear any comments they have on the public input especially the Centers suggestion.
Thanks for your help with support for the Children’s Center idea.
With best regards,
Betty
Betty Mekdeci
Executive Director
Birth Defect Research for Children
http://www.birthdefects.org
976 Lake Baldwin Lane, Suite 104
Orlando FL 32814
407-895-0802
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Faster Dying Through Chemistry - Courtesy Dow Chemical Company
http://www.dow.com/financial/corpgov/leader/board.htm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
*
Andrew N. Liveris
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
*
John B. Hess
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hess Corporation; Member of the Board of Directors
since 2006
*
Arnold A. Allemang
Member of the Board of Directors since 1996
*
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V. Member of the Board of Directors since February 2010
*
Jacqueline K. Barton
Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of
Chemistry California, Institute of Technology
Member of the Board of Directors since 1993
*
Dennis H. Reilley
Former Chairman, Covidien, Ltd.
Member of the Board of Directors since 2007
*
James A. Bell
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer, The Boeing Company;
Member of the Board of Directors since 2005
*
James M. Ringler
Chairman, Teradata Corporation;
Member of the Board of Directors since 2001
*
Jeff M. Fettig
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Whirlpool Corporation; Member of the Board of Directors since 2003
*
Ruth G. Shaw
Former Executive Advisor, Duke Energy Corporation; Member of the Board of Directors since 2005
*
Barbara Hackman Franklin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Barbara Franklin Enterprises and Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Member of the Board of Directors from 1980 to 1992 and 1993 to date
*
Paul G. Stern
Dow Presiding Director, Chairman, Claris Capital;
Member of the Board of Directors since 1992
*
Jennifer M. Granholm
Fmr Governor of Michigan, Sr Advisor to The Pew Charitable Trusts Clean Energy Program, Distinguished Practitioner of Law & Public Policy at the Univ of California, Berkeley, Member of the Board of Directors since 2011
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
*
Andrew N. Liveris
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
*
John B. Hess
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hess Corporation; Member of the Board of Directors
since 2006
*
Arnold A. Allemang
Member of the Board of Directors since 1996
*
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V. Member of the Board of Directors since February 2010
*
Jacqueline K. Barton
Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of
Chemistry California, Institute of Technology
Member of the Board of Directors since 1993
*
Dennis H. Reilley
Former Chairman, Covidien, Ltd.
Member of the Board of Directors since 2007
*
James A. Bell
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer, The Boeing Company;
Member of the Board of Directors since 2005
*
James M. Ringler
Chairman, Teradata Corporation;
Member of the Board of Directors since 2001
*
Jeff M. Fettig
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Whirlpool Corporation; Member of the Board of Directors since 2003
*
Ruth G. Shaw
Former Executive Advisor, Duke Energy Corporation; Member of the Board of Directors since 2005
*
Barbara Hackman Franklin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Barbara Franklin Enterprises and Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Member of the Board of Directors from 1980 to 1992 and 1993 to date
*
Paul G. Stern
Dow Presiding Director, Chairman, Claris Capital;
Member of the Board of Directors since 1992
*
Jennifer M. Granholm
Fmr Governor of Michigan, Sr Advisor to The Pew Charitable Trusts Clean Energy Program, Distinguished Practitioner of Law & Public Policy at the Univ of California, Berkeley, Member of the Board of Directors since 2011
Vietnam vets urged to sign up on Agent Orange Registry
http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/05/06/vietnam-vets-urged-to-sign-up-on-agent-orange-registry/
by Radio Iowa Contributor on May 6, 2011
in Health & Medicine,Military
Vietnam War veterans in Iowa who may be suffering from decades-ago exposure to certain dangerous chemicals are encouraged to sign up on the Agent Orange Registry at their county V-A office. Dan Gannon, with the Iowa Commission of Veterans Affairs, says the registry brings an extensive health screening — at no cost.
Gannon says you’ll be checked for at least 18 different cancers and diseases. Agent Orange was an herbicide and defoliant used in the jungles of Vietnam to remove dense plant growth and deprive enemy soldiers of cover. The chemicals were applied up to 13 times higher than the legal USDA limit. He says the mixture contained toxins later proven to cause birth defects in children and other maladies that develop over time.
Gannon calls Agent Orange “one of the most serious carcinogens man ever made” and says recent studies show links to diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, various types of soft cells cancers and respiratory diseases. Gannon, who was a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam from 1969-1970, says he was diagnosed with cancer in 2003 after his employer required a physical exam. He says Vietnam vets don’t need to file a claim to have a thorough exam.
“You sign on the dotted line to go serve your country and give your life and they at least owe you to take care of you,” Gannon says. “Vietnam vets need to go in and get the help they deserve. If you had boots on the ground in Vietnam, anything that has to do with the Agent Orange diseases or illnesses, it’s considered presumptive,” and you may be entitled to compensation.
Learn more at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website: www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/registry.asp”
by Radio Iowa Contributor on May 6, 2011
in Health & Medicine,Military
Vietnam War veterans in Iowa who may be suffering from decades-ago exposure to certain dangerous chemicals are encouraged to sign up on the Agent Orange Registry at their county V-A office. Dan Gannon, with the Iowa Commission of Veterans Affairs, says the registry brings an extensive health screening — at no cost.
Gannon says you’ll be checked for at least 18 different cancers and diseases. Agent Orange was an herbicide and defoliant used in the jungles of Vietnam to remove dense plant growth and deprive enemy soldiers of cover. The chemicals were applied up to 13 times higher than the legal USDA limit. He says the mixture contained toxins later proven to cause birth defects in children and other maladies that develop over time.
Gannon calls Agent Orange “one of the most serious carcinogens man ever made” and says recent studies show links to diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, various types of soft cells cancers and respiratory diseases. Gannon, who was a Marine platoon leader in Vietnam from 1969-1970, says he was diagnosed with cancer in 2003 after his employer required a physical exam. He says Vietnam vets don’t need to file a claim to have a thorough exam.
“You sign on the dotted line to go serve your country and give your life and they at least owe you to take care of you,” Gannon says. “Vietnam vets need to go in and get the help they deserve. If you had boots on the ground in Vietnam, anything that has to do with the Agent Orange diseases or illnesses, it’s considered presumptive,” and you may be entitled to compensation.
Learn more at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website: www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/registry.asp”
Senate limits state environmental protections
http://michiganmessenger.com/48798/senate-limits-state-environmental-protections
State could not be stricter than feds
The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that would block state agencies from making environmental rules that are stricter than federal requirements, prompting concerns from environmental advocacy groups.
According to an analysis by the Senate Fiscal Agency:
Senate Bill 272 would do the following:
– Prohibit an agency from promulgating a rule more stringent than the applicable Federal standard unless specifically authorized by statute.
– Require an agency to adopt Federal rules and standards if it adopted rules to implement a federally delegated program.
– Specify that a guideline, operational memorandum, bulletin, interpretative statement, or form with instructions would be advisory only and could not be given the force and effect of law.
– Prohibit a rule from exceeding the rule-making delegation in its authorizing statute.
– Require an agency to consider exempting small business from a rule under certain
circumstances and expand the methods by which an agency must reduce the economic impact of a rule on small business.
– Revise a provision pertaining to a challenge to the validity or applicability of a rule.
– Allow a court to award up to 10 times the cost of any permit fees plus actual and reasonable costs for witness and attorney fees if the court determined a rule-processing violation had occurred.
The new law could benefit Dow Chemical, which is responsible for dioxin contamination in the city of Midland, the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers and Saginaw Bay.
READ MORE: http://michiganmessenger.com/48798/senate-limits-state-environmental-protections
State could not be stricter than feds
The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that would block state agencies from making environmental rules that are stricter than federal requirements, prompting concerns from environmental advocacy groups.
According to an analysis by the Senate Fiscal Agency:
Senate Bill 272 would do the following:
– Prohibit an agency from promulgating a rule more stringent than the applicable Federal standard unless specifically authorized by statute.
– Require an agency to adopt Federal rules and standards if it adopted rules to implement a federally delegated program.
– Specify that a guideline, operational memorandum, bulletin, interpretative statement, or form with instructions would be advisory only and could not be given the force and effect of law.
– Prohibit a rule from exceeding the rule-making delegation in its authorizing statute.
– Require an agency to consider exempting small business from a rule under certain
circumstances and expand the methods by which an agency must reduce the economic impact of a rule on small business.
– Revise a provision pertaining to a challenge to the validity or applicability of a rule.
– Allow a court to award up to 10 times the cost of any permit fees plus actual and reasonable costs for witness and attorney fees if the court determined a rule-processing violation had occurred.
The new law could benefit Dow Chemical, which is responsible for dioxin contamination in the city of Midland, the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers and Saginaw Bay.
READ MORE: http://michiganmessenger.com/48798/senate-limits-state-environmental-protections
Congress to EPA: Finalize Dioxin Study Once and For All! - Newsletter from CHEJ
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Environment/Congress_to_EPA_0505110923.html
A few weeks ago, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) and 72 members of Congress sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the EPA to finalize their long-delayed study on dioxin once and for all. Read all about it in Rep. Markey’s press release. EPA’s study on dioxin has been delayed for over 20 years due to intense lobbying by dioxin-spewing chemical corporations such as Dow Chemical. The new Congressional letter to EPA expresses concern that “EPA has missed this self imposed deadline to finalize and release the report by the end of 2010”and concludes by requesting EPA’s “detailed timeline for finalizing and releasing the Dioxin Reassessment once the SAB [Science Advisory Board] review is complete.”
When EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced the EPA’s Science Planfor finalizing the Dioxin Reassessment two years ago, EPA Administrator Jackson pledged to finalize it by the end of 2010. Unfortunately EPA has missed that self-imposed deadline yet again.
CHEJ thanks and applauds Rep. Markey (D-MA) and the 72 other members of Congress for writing to EPA Administrator Jackson on this critical public health and environmental justice issue. We can only hope EPA will do the right thing and finalize this study once and for all.
A few weeks ago, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) and 72 members of Congress sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the EPA to finalize their long-delayed study on dioxin once and for all. Read all about it in Rep. Markey’s press release. EPA’s study on dioxin has been delayed for over 20 years due to intense lobbying by dioxin-spewing chemical corporations such as Dow Chemical. The new Congressional letter to EPA expresses concern that “EPA has missed this self imposed deadline to finalize and release the report by the end of 2010”and concludes by requesting EPA’s “detailed timeline for finalizing and releasing the Dioxin Reassessment once the SAB [Science Advisory Board] review is complete.”
When EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced the EPA’s Science Planfor finalizing the Dioxin Reassessment two years ago, EPA Administrator Jackson pledged to finalize it by the end of 2010. Unfortunately EPA has missed that self-imposed deadline yet again.
CHEJ thanks and applauds Rep. Markey (D-MA) and the 72 other members of Congress for writing to EPA Administrator Jackson on this critical public health and environmental justice issue. We can only hope EPA will do the right thing and finalize this study once and for all.
More evidence for dioxin victims’ lawsuit against US
http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/More-evidence-for-dioxin-victims-lawsuit-against-US/20115/126285.vov
(VOV) - The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has collected more evidence for the victims’ lawsuit against the US, said VAVA Vice President Tran Xuan Thu in a recent interview granted to VOV.
Defence ministry cleans up dioxin areas
Vietnam’s three dioxin-affected airports to be detoxified
VOV: Does VAVA intend to pursue the lawsuit against American chemical companies or struggle for justice in another direction as the lawsuit has lasted seven years without achieving final results?
Mr Thu: Despite the passage of time, the association will continue to seek justice by legal means. We know there remains a lot to be done. First we are urging the US House of Representatives to compensate both American and Vietnamese victims of AO/dioxin. Then we request the US Congress and Administration to give compensations or subsidies for the victims.
The verdict by the US Supreme Court in New York takes effect only in this state. Even though the court rejected the lawsuit lodged by the Vietnamese victims, Vietnam can still sue in another state of the US.
Preparations are being made for the final stage. The lawsuit is expected to come to the fore again in late 2011 or early 2012.
VOV: US courts rejected much of the evidence provided by Vietnam in previous lawsuits. What is new evidence to give them?
Mr Thu: We have gathered a wide range of new evidence for the lawsuit.
There is no doubt that the US wants to shirk its legal responsibility and keep the lawsuit in a state of deadlock. The final results depend on not only the defendants but also the US government’s sense of responsibility.
VOV: Dioxin-related diseases recognized by the US are all found in Vietnam. Are they considered as part of the convincing evidence for VAVA’s legal proceedings?
READ MORE: http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/More-evidence-for-dioxin-victims-lawsuit-against-US/20115/126285.vov
(VOV) - The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has collected more evidence for the victims’ lawsuit against the US, said VAVA Vice President Tran Xuan Thu in a recent interview granted to VOV.
Defence ministry cleans up dioxin areas
Vietnam’s three dioxin-affected airports to be detoxified
VOV: Does VAVA intend to pursue the lawsuit against American chemical companies or struggle for justice in another direction as the lawsuit has lasted seven years without achieving final results?
Mr Thu: Despite the passage of time, the association will continue to seek justice by legal means. We know there remains a lot to be done. First we are urging the US House of Representatives to compensate both American and Vietnamese victims of AO/dioxin. Then we request the US Congress and Administration to give compensations or subsidies for the victims.
The verdict by the US Supreme Court in New York takes effect only in this state. Even though the court rejected the lawsuit lodged by the Vietnamese victims, Vietnam can still sue in another state of the US.
Preparations are being made for the final stage. The lawsuit is expected to come to the fore again in late 2011 or early 2012.
VOV: US courts rejected much of the evidence provided by Vietnam in previous lawsuits. What is new evidence to give them?
Mr Thu: We have gathered a wide range of new evidence for the lawsuit.
There is no doubt that the US wants to shirk its legal responsibility and keep the lawsuit in a state of deadlock. The final results depend on not only the defendants but also the US government’s sense of responsibility.
VOV: Dioxin-related diseases recognized by the US are all found in Vietnam. Are they considered as part of the convincing evidence for VAVA’s legal proceedings?
READ MORE: http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/More-evidence-for-dioxin-victims-lawsuit-against-US/20115/126285.vov
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Perinatal Exposures to Low Doses of Dioxin Can Permanently Impair Human Semen Quality
http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1002134
Betty Mekdeci
Executive Director
Birth Defect Research for Children
http://www.birthdefects.org
976 Lake Baldwin Lane, Suite 104
Orlando FL 32814
407-895-0802
from Australia
I write to make you aware of a study into the health of children of Vietnam veterans being conducted by the Australian Government, the Qualitative component is due for public release within the next few weeks and the Quantitative component is due for release in November!
Department of Veterans Affairs (Aust) link; http://www.dva.gov.au/health_and_wellbeing/research/FamilyStudyProgram/vietnam_vets_familiy_study/Pages/index.aspx
More info about this Study is available on our web site below!
Kind regards,
David
David Matheson
President
Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Study Inc (COVVHS)
www.covvhs.org.au
Department of Veterans Affairs (Aust) link; http://www.dva.gov.au/health_and_wellbeing/research/FamilyStudyProgram/vietnam_vets_familiy_study/Pages/index.aspx
More info about this Study is available on our web site below!
Kind regards,
David
David Matheson
President
Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Study Inc (COVVHS)
www.covvhs.org.au
Children's Centers to Study Prenatal Effects of Dioxins - 767 votes in favor (top vote-getter!!)
The children of Vietnam veterans are the largest living laboratory for studying the possible adverse reproductive outcomes of their parent(s)' exposures to dioxins. Data collection on thousands of cases of children reported by their parents to the National Birth Defect Registry suggests a pattern of adverse outcomes that includes increases in learning, attention, immune and endocrine disorders. Creating a NIEHS center(s) to study these reproductive outcomes could contribute to a valuable database of knowledge on the reproductive effects of dioxins that would be applicable to exposures in the civilian environment.
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