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Agent Orange July 2010 Newsletter.

The following information is from Gary "Ouch" Boucher

FOR MORE INFORMATION IN MICHIGAN REFER TO:
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA MICHIGAN STATE COUNCIL.
PHIL S. SMITH
STATE SERVICE DIRECTOR
477 MICHIGAN AVE., 12TH FLOOR, ROOM 1231
DETROIT,MICHIGAN 48226-2518
1-800-8826424 FAX: 313-961-0091
E-MAIL: [email protected]

TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF AGENT ORANGE REFER TO:
US Vet DSP

(WITH ARTICLES ON):
STUDY CANCELED
PLANTS GIVEN CANCER
ARMY EXPERIMENTS WITH DEADLY DEFOLIANTS
RAINBOW HERBICIDES
SIX TO TWENTY-FIVE TIMES STRONGER THAN RECOMMENDED
MAKERS KNEW DANGER TO HUMANS
CONCERN OVER DIOXINS KEPT QUIET
AIR FORCE KNEW OF HEALTH DANGER
MILITARY DOWN PLAYS USE OF HERBICIDES
MIST DRIFT
PROJECT PINK ROSE
DEFOLIANTS DUMPED ON PEOPLE & INTO WATER SUPPLIES
CHEMICAL COMPANY EMPLOYEES DEVELOP SKIN PROBLEMS
STATE DEPARTMENT EXONERATES CHEMICAL COMPANIES
USE OF CHEMICALS CONTINUES IN VIETNAM
ADVANTAGES VERSES DISADVANTAGES DISCUSSED
ORANGE AEROSOL DISCOVERED
LAB TESTS ON ANIMALS CURTAIL SOME USE OF AGENT ORANGE
USE OF AGENT ORANGE FINALLY ENDED
VETS BEGIN DEVELOPING HEALTH PROBLEMS
EPA BANS USE OF AGENT ORANGE IN THE U.S.A.
CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED
TIMES BEACH
AMA DOWNPLAYS DIOXIN DANGER
STUDIES CONTRADICTORY & CONFUSING
LAWSUIT SETTLED- VETS WIN, BUT LOSE
TEST RESULTS CONTINUE TO BE MIXED
WHITE HOUSE COVER-UP
STUDY CALLED A FRAUD
MONTGOMERY HOLDS UP AGENT ORANGE LEGISLATION
BIZARRE FINDING
HOUSE COMMITTEE SAY STUDY FLAWED
POLITICS & MONEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN HUMAN LIVES
SOME DEFY CDC STUDY
GOVERNMENT PLAYS WAITING GAME

RAINBOW HERBICIDES & THEIR COMPONENTS:
AGENT ORANGE II(SUPER ORANGE): 2, 4-D &2, 4, 5-T; USED IN 68 & 69
AGENT PURPLE: 2, 4-D &2, 4, 5-T; USED BETWEEN JAN. 62 & 64
AGENT PINK: 2, 4, 5-T; USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
AGENT GREEN: 2, 4, 5-T; USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
AGENT WHITE PICLORAM & 2, 4-D
AGENT BLUE CONTAINED CACODYLIC ACID (ARSENIC).
DINOXOL: 2, 4-D & 2, 4, 5-T; USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
TRINOXOL: 2, 4, 5-T; USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
DIQUAT: USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
BROMACIL USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
TANDEX: USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
MONURON: USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
DIURON: USED BETWEEN 62 & 64
DALAPON: USED BETWEEN 62 & 64

LEARN HEALTH PROBLEMS REFER TO:
Agent Landscaper
TO LEARN ABOUT THE NUMBER OF GALLONS USED, ACRES EFFECTED,
AND TOTAL SQ. MILES EFFECTED REFER TO:
Landscaper.net

List of Illnesses from "Agent Orange"

* CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL).
* PROSTATE CANCER.
* PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (ACUTE AND SUB-ACUTE)
* DIABETES TYPE II AND SECONDARY CONDITIONS DUE TO DIABETES (I.E. HARDENING ARTERIES, STROKE, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PREEURE, HEART OR BLOOD VESSEL DAMAGE, GUM, EYE OR KIDNEY, PANCREATIC DISEASE, POOR HEALING, ANY OTHER CONDITION BROUGHT ON BY DIABETES II).
* SPINA BIFIDA IN CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS,
* CHLORACNE (ONE YEAR) SKIN SORE, BLISTERS, CYSTS.
* NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA.
* PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARA (ONE YEAR) FRAGILE SKIN, SORES (EROSIONS), BLISTERS AND TINY CYSTS.
* RESPIRATORY CANCERS, INCLUDING CANCER OF THE * LUNG * LARYNX
* BRONCHUS * TRACHEA
* MULTIPLE MYELOMA (CANCER OF THE PLASMA CELL).
* HODGKIN'S DISEASE.
* SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS: SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS ARE MALIGNANT (CANCEROUS) TUMORS DEVELOP IN FAT, MUSCLE, NERVE, FIBROUS TISSUES SURROUNDING JOINTS, BLOOD VESSEL, OR DEEP SKIN TISSUES. HALF OF THEM DEVELOP IN THE ARMS OR LEGS. THE REST BEGIN IN THE TRUNK, HEAD AND NECK AREA. INTERNAL ORGANS SUCH AS LUNGS, OR ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
* ADULT FIBROSARCOMA
* DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS
* MALIGNANT FIFROUS HISTIOCYTOMA
* LIPOSARCOMA
* LEIOMYOSARCOMA
* EPITHELIOID LEIOMYOSARCOMA (MALIGNANT LEIOMYOBLASTOMA)
* RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
* ECTOMESENCHYMOMA
* ANGIOSARCOMA (HEMANGIOSARCOMA AND LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA)
* PROLIFERATING (SYSTEMIC) ANGIOENDOTHELIOMATOSIS
* MALIGNANT GLOMUS TUMOR
* MALIGNANT HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA
* SYNOVIAL SARCOMA (MALIGNANT SYNOVIOMA)
* MALIGNANT GIANT CELL TUMOR OF TENDON SHEATH
* MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMA, INCLUDING MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMA WITH RHABDOMYOBLASTIC DIFFERENTIATION (MALIGNANT TRITON TUMOR), GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIOID MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMAS
* MALIGNANT MESENCHYMOMA
* MALIGNANT GRANULAR CELL TUMOR
* ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA
* EPITHELIOID
* CLEAR CELL SARCOMA OF TENDONS AND APONEUROSES
* EXTRASKELETAL EWING'S SARCOMA
* CONGENITAL AND INFANTILE FIBROSARCOMA
* MALIGNANT GANGLIONEUROMA
* CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL).
* PROSTATE CANCER.
* PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (ACUTE AND SUB-ACUTE)
* DIABETES TYPE II AND SECONDARY CONDITIONS DUE TO DIABETES (I.E. HARDENING ARTERIES, STROKE, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PREEURE, HEART OR BLOOD VESSEL DAMAGE, GUM, EYE OR KIDNEY, PANCREATIC DISEASE, POOR HEALING, ANY OTHER CONDITION BROUGHT ON BY DIABETES II).
* SPINA BIFIDA IN CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS,
* CHLORACNE (ONE YEAR) SKIN SORE, BLISTERS, CYSTS.
* NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA.
* PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARA (ONE YEAR) FRAGILE SKIN, SORES (EROSIONS), BLISTERS AND TINY CYSTS.

* RESPIRATORY CANCERS, INCLUDING CANCER OF THE:
* LUNG * LARYNX
* BRONCHUS * TRACHEA
* MULTIPLE MYELOMA (CANCER OF THE PLASMA CELL).
* HODGKIN'S DISEASE.
* SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS: SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS ARE MALIGNANT (CANCEROUS) TUMORS DEVELOP IN FAT, MUSCLE, NERVE, FIBROUS TISSUES SURROUNDING JOINTS, BLOOD VESSEL, OR DEEP SKIN TISSUES. HALF OF THEM DEVELOP IN THE ARMS OR LEGS. THE REST BEGIN IN THE TRUNK, HEAD AND NECK AREA. INTERNAL ORGANS SUCH AS LUNGS, OR ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
* ADULT FIBROSARCOMA
* DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS
* MALIGNANT FIFROUS HISTIOCYTOMA
* LIPOSARCOMA
* LEIOMYOSARCOMA
* EPITHELIOID LEIOMYOSARCOMA (MALIGNANT LEIOMYOBLASTOMA)
* RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
* ECTOMESENCHYMOMA
* ANGIOSARCOMA (HEMANGIOSARCOMA AND LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA)
* PROLIFERATING (SYSTEMIC) ANGIOENDOTHELIOMATOSIS
* MALIGNANT GLOMUS TUMOR
* MALIGNANT HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA
* SYNOVIAL SARCOMA (MALIGNANT SYNOVIOMA)
* MALIGNANT GIANT CELL TUMOR OF TENDON SHEATH
* MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMA, INCLUDING MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMA WITH RHABDOMYOBLASTIC DIFFERENTIATION (MALIGNANT TRITON TUMOR), GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIOID MALIGNANT SCHWANNOMAS
* MALIGNANT MESENCHYMOMA
* MALIGNANT GRANULAR CELL TUMOR
* ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA
* EPITHELIOID
* CLEAR CELL SARCOMA OF TENDONS AND APONEUROSES
* EXTRASKELETAL EWING'S SARCOMA
* CONGENITAL AND INFANTILE FIBROSARCOMA
* MALIGNANT GANGLIONEUROMA

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SELF ASSESSMENT TEST

* DAYTIME FLASHBACKS (RECURRENT INTRUSIVE MEMORIES, REPLAY EVENTS OVER & OVER)
* SERVICE ANNIVERSARY BLUES/DEPRESSION
* SADNESS
* ABUSIVE, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL WITH FAMILY, DIFFICULTY WITH INTIMACY, TENDERNESS, SEX
* RAGE (SHORT TRIGGER, UNPOVOKED IRRTABILITY, VIOLENCE
* ESCAPE (DRUGS, ALCOHOL, WORK, HOBBY)
* QUIETNESS (KEEPS TO SELF)
* INTIMIDATE (DEMORALIZE OTHERS)
* NIGHTMARES/NIGHT SWEATS
* GUILT FEELINGS, SHAME, NO ONE WILL UNDERSTAND
* DISENGAGEMENT (KEEPS TO SELF DURING FAMILY ENGAGEMENTS, HOLIDAYS)
* FORGETFULNESS (NAMES, DATES, PLACES, DAILY CHORES, ERRANDS)
* OVERWORK/UNDER WORK (NEEDSTO KEEP BUSY OR WANTS TO DO NOTHING, MISS WORK)
* OVER COMPENSATION (OVERPOWERS FAMILY OR IGNORES THEM
* LOSS OF FRIENDSHIPS WITH FAMILY/FRIENDS
* MOODS SWINGS
* ABANDONMENT (WORRIES ABOUT LOSING LOVED ONES, JEALOUSY SUSPICIOUS) STIMULI/REMINDERS (SMELLS, SOUNDS, WEATHER, ETC.)
* TROUBLE FALLING OR STAYING ASLEEP
* EXAGGERATED STARTLE RESPNESE/JUMPY
* DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING OR COMPLETING TASKS
* LACK OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
* DIFFICULTY ADAPTING TO STRESSFUL SITUATIONS
* PANIC ATTACKS
* SUICIDAL THOUGHTS

ONE OR MORE OF THESE SYMPTOMS COULD INDICATE PTSD AND MY BE COMPENSABLE BY THE VA.