On September 29, 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released, "Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2010," a review every two years of the long-term health effects of herbicides on Vietnam Veterans. VA is assessing this IOM report to determine whether there will be any changes to its policies.
VA contracts with the IOM of the National Academy of Sciences, a nongovernmental organization, to scientifically review evidence on the long-term health effects of Agent Orange and other herbicides on Vietnam Veterans. IOM determines whether the evidence points to a statistically valid association that would suggest or establish a relationship between diseases studied and herbicide use.
VA continues to conduct research on the effects of Agent Orange and monitor the health issues of Vietnam War-Era Veterans.
Agent Orange IOM reports from 1994 to present
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2010
- Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure (2011)
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2008
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2006
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Length of Presumptive Period for Association between Exposure and Respiratory Cancer (2004)
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide Dioxin Exposure and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in the Children of Vietnam Veterans (2002)
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2000
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide Dioxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes (2000)
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1998
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1996 Summary and Research Highlights
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1996
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam (1994)
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