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D022.4B

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English

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00:29:38

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General Note

Vietnam Veterans of America Ch. 510: Veterans Issues and Answers: Agent Orange-The Silent Killer

General Note

From the cover: Vietnam Veterans of America Ch.510 Veterans Issues and Answers #113 “Agent Orange- The Silent Killer” 05/11/96 28:00 Comcast Cablevision Air Date 8/9/96 Air Date 8/23/96

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Televised interview of Albert “Ken” Deal, the Chairman of Environmental Hazards Subcommittee National Agent Orange Dioxin Committee, discussing Agent Orange and the dumping of dioxin. Hosted by Ira Drucks.
0:20 program begins - host and guest introduction - Albert "Ken" Deal Chairman of Environmental Hazards Subcommittee National Agent Orange Dioxin Committee ;
1:44 origins of Agent Orange - first mission ;
3:03 first instances of illnesses in returning veterans - government response - Airforce Ranch hands study - Point Man 1 Point Man 2 Study (The Pointman Project) - New Jersey Agent Orange Commission ;
3:52 research on Agent Orange and long term effects - exposure to Agent Orange - herbicides ;
5:30 separating illnesses caused by Agent Orange from age related illnesses - diminishing toxicity - half-life of dioxin ;
7:15 dioxin studies - VA (Veterans' Affairs) - current use of dioxin and pesticides - Desert Storm - oil fires - Iraq - Kuwait ;
9:17 Agent Orange class action suit and results of case - presumptive exposure ;
10:37 offspring of Vietnam veterans - funding for offspring of veterans - birth defects - spina bifida - learning disabilities ;
13:00 Agent Orange exposure in Vietnamese citizens - dioxin testing - soil removal in Vietnam ;
14:50 audio of PSA break, 14:58, video for PSA begins ;
15:50 program resumes - dredging in Hudson river - New York - New Jersey - 2,3,7,8 - Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin - Diamond Shamrock plant manufactured Agent Orange - Passaic River ;
18:53 alternatives to dumping dioxin in river - East Carbon City Utah - mineshafts - subaqueous burrow pits ;
22:35 cost effective measures to dumping dioxin - the Orion Project ;
24:57 screen for contact information ;
25:44 asking for support from veterans with regards to dioxin dumping ;
27:15 program ends - credits roll ;