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Scientific Review of Agent Orange in C-123 Aircraft

VA asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, an independent non-governmental organization, to study possible exposure and increase in adverse health effects in C-123 crew members.

IOM released its report, Post-Vietnam Dioxin Exposure in Agent Orange-Contaminated C-123 Aircraft, Jan. 9, 2015. VA has assembled a group of clinical and other subject matter experts to review and respond to the report.

Scientific review and analysis

VA's Office of Public Health reviewed the following studies and reports in 2011 and 2012, and will continue to review new findings relevant to this issue as they become available.

Air Force sampling reports

  • Aircraft Sampling: Westover AFB, MA. Prepared by W.W. Conway, USAF Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX; 1979.
  • Memorandum for 645 MedGrp/SGB: Consultative Letter AL/OE-CL-1994-0203, review of Dioxin Sampling results from C-123 Aircraft, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and Recommendations for Protection of Aircraft restoration Personnel. Prepared by WH Weisman and RC Porter, Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX; 1994.
  • Memorandum for HQ AFMC/SGC: Consultative Letter, AL/OE-CL-1997-0053, Cleanup of Contaminated Aircraft, Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. Prepared by RC Porter, Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX; 1997.
  • Dioxin and Herbicide Characterization of UC-123K Aircraft – Phase I. Prepared for Director of Operations, 505 Aircraft Sustainment Squadron and Hazardous Waste Program Manager, 75CEG/CEVC, Hill AFB, UT (prepared by Select Engineering Services, Layton, UT); 2009.

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Risk assessment reports

Summaries of TCDD

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