Dioxin is a trace contaminant of Agent Orange and other herbicides; it is not the main ingredient.
Danang is also the site of a joint United States-Vietnamese cleanup of dioxin, the chemical contaminant in Agent Orange that has been linked to birth defects and other diseases.
The aim of the Vietnamese program is to purge the body of dioxin, a toxic contaminant of Agent Orange that has been linked by some researchers to cancers, birth defects and other diseases.
2,3,7,8-TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetra 2,3,7,8-tetraodioxin) also known as a major chloroinant in Agent Orange (a herbicidibenzodioxing the Vietnalsoar) [3] is considered to be the most harmful congener.
The effects of dioxin, a contaminant in Agent Orange, remain a controversial subject.
TCDD is the most potent compound (congener) of its series (polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, known as PCDDs or simply dioxins) and became known as a contaminant in Agent Orange, a herbicide used in the Vietnam War.
TCDD became notorious as a contaminant of Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War.
Published studies have documented a variety of contaminants, microbial agents, and health effects in those occupationally exposed to swine, and these have provided the groundwork for an increasing body of research to evaluate possible community health effects.
Agents investigated can include aspects of the physical environment of which the pregnant woman is unaware or that are unknown, such as air pollutants or lead contaminants, or agents the mother has intentionally ingested, such as antibiotics, antiallergens, hair dyes, illicit drugs, or high levels of alcohol for which prenatal risks are or are not known.
It is preferable in an environmental epidemiology study to estimate and validate levels of the agent (contaminant) of interest in the environment of the study population.
When environmental levels of the agent (contaminant) of interest in the environment of the study population cannot be measured or accurately predicted, GIS provide the optimal technology for using proximity to contaminant source in an environmental epidemiology study.
