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Agent Orange Act of 1991 establishes provisions for the National Academy of Sciences to analyze and summarize scientific evidence regarding presumptive military service exposure to defoliants, dioxins and herbicides, better known as Agent Orange, during the Vietnam War era. The United States Statute endorses an observation of human medical conditions directly related to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, soft-tissue sarcoma, chloracne, and consistent acneform diseases for military personnel who served in the overseas Vietnamese region. The Act of Congress ratifies a medical research compilation of voluntarily contributed blood and tissue samples provided by Vietnam-era veterans serving in Southeast Asia between 1961 and 1975.
The H.R. 556 legislation was passed by the 102nd United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on February 6, 1991.[1]
See also[]
- Herbicidal warfare
- Operation Ranch Hand
- Project AGILE
- Rainbow Herbicides
- Tetradioxin
References[]
- ↑ "George Bush: "Statement on Signing the Agent Orange Act of 1991," February 6, 1991". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=19283.
External links[]
- "Veterans: Use of Agent Orange in Vietnam". U.S. Government Accountability Office. August 16, 1978. http://www.gao.gov/assets/130/123801.pdf.
- "Veterans: Agent Orange". U.S. Government Accountability Office. February 21, 1980. http://www.gao.gov/assets/100/99361.pdf.
- "Agent Orange: Persisting Problems With Communication of Ranch Hand Study Data and Results". U.S. Government Accountability Office. March 15, 2000. http://www.gao.gov/assets/110/108308.pdf.
- Clymer, Adam (January 31, 1991). "Bill Passed to Aid Veterans Affected by Agent Orange". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/31/us/bill-passed-to-aid-veterans-affected-by-agent-orange.html.
- Haberman, Clyde (May 11, 2014). "Agent Orange's Long Legacy, for Vietnam and Veterans". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/us/agent-oranges-long-legacy-for-vietnam-and-veterans.html.
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