The WHO cancer research unit has deemed 2,4-D, the active ingredient of Dow’s herbicide – once used in infamous Agent Orange – as ‘possibly’ causing cancer. The chemical ranked one behind the ‘probably carcinogenic’ glyphosate in Monsanto’s Roundup. Upon careful… Continue Reading
Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Ninth Biennial Update); Board on the Health of Select Populations;Institute of Medicine. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US);2014 Mar 6. ISBN-13: 978-0-309-28886-6 ISBN-10: 0-309-28886-X From 1962… Continue Reading
WICHITA, Kansas — A national group of Vietnam veterans gathered in Wichita Thursday to discuss issues with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Among the issues discussed at the Vietnam Veterans of America Kansas State Council town hall meeting, were the… Continue Reading
10 July 2009 Article from: Australian Doctor ” Vietnam Victims of the Defoliant Agent Orange play at a social sponsorship centre in Danang City, Vietnam. . About 18 million gallons of the defoliant was dropped by US Warplanes on Southern… Continue Reading
Jun 09, 2009 Toxic chemicals have been found at a New Plymouth children’s playground. Two drums containing chemicals were found by workers laying a stormwater drain in May at Marfell Park, the site of the city’s former dump, the Taranaki… Continue Reading
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17/04/2008 Former workers at a New Plymouth chemical plant have offered a mixed reception to a study that found no evidence of increased cancer or disease related to dioxin exposure. Neil Herdson, 60, who worked at the herbicide factory from… Continue Reading
16/04/2008 People exposed to dioxin will soon be able to get help from a specialist health support service. Following an independent report the Government has instructed the Health Ministry to work with District Health Boards (DHBs) to create the service,… Continue Reading
16 April 2008 Health support service to be established for dioxin-exposed people The Government has considered an independent report on recommendations for a health support service for people who lived near or worked at the former Ivon Watkins Dow plant… Continue Reading
02 April 2008 One of the world’s biggest worker health studies will be released in Taranaki later this month. Chemical manufacturer Dow contracted Otago University’s Dr David McBride to head the investigation into dioxin in the blood of workers at… Continue Reading
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