Stay tuned July 23 for a new report due out that day from the Institute of Medicine concerning the question of whether certain diseases or conditions could be associated with exposure to Agent Orange and other defoliants used in the Vietnam War, or with a type of dioxin that contaminated these herbicides.
Prior IOM reports have found evidence to link some long-term health problems with herbicide exposure, but for others the evidence at the time was too sparse to draw conclusions. This latest report in a series weighs findings from previous research and evidence from new studies.
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