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more_legal_areas agent_orangeThe Agent Orange melanoma study was published in the February 2004 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The study included veterans, called the Ranch Hand group, part of Operation Ranch Hand, the unit responsible for the aerial spraying of herbicides. This was the group that experts believe had the highest exposure to Agent Orange.
In June 2003, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Dow Chemical Company, et al. v. Stephenson, et al., which would allow Vietnam veterans suffering from Agent Orange melanoma, or any other illness, to have access to the American justice system. In 1984, Dow Chemical Co. and Monsanto Chemical Co., the principal manufacturers of Agent Orange, settled a class action lawsuit brought by Vietnam veterans whose illnesses were the results of their exposure to the herbicide. The Agent Orange settlement had excluded Vietnam veterans, whose diseases were diagnosed after, to sue the chemical companies.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay retroactive benefits to Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to » Read More
After following a report from Parliament''s health select committee released in October, New Zealand''s government has apologized to Vietnam veterans for their exposure to Agent Orange and other defoliants from more than 30 years ago.
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The Air Force recently conducted a study that found an increased risk of prostate cancer and melanoma in Air Force veterans of the Vietnam War who were exposed to the chemical defoliant Agent Orange. The study found a cancer incidence that was 1.46 to ...