Toxic War: The Story of Agent Orange

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Glossary AOWG Agent Orange Working Group, a high-level government board supervising federal Agent Orange research CDC Centers for Disease Control DVA Department of Veterans’ Affairs (modern, cabinet-level version of the VA EA Edgewood Arsenal, home of the Chemical Corps chemical weapons division ESG Environmental Support Group, Army record keepers Fort Detrick Home of the Chemical Corps’ biological weapons program (including herbicides) GVN Government of Vietnam HHS Department of Health and Human Services (formerly HEW, Health, Education and Welfare) IOM Institute of Medicine (part of NAS) LNA military code name for 2,4-D LNB military code name for 2,4,5-T Montagnards Vietnamese peasants living in mountainous areas MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam NAS National Academy of Sciences NCI National Cancer Institute NHL Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Science and Health NVLSP National Veterans’ Legal Services Project OMB Office of Management and Budget, a White House agency OTA Office of Technology Assessment, congressional scientific agency (now defunct) PCT Porphyria cutanea tarda PHS Public Health Service PMC Plaintiffs’ Management Committee (Vietnam Veterans Class Action) PMR Proportionate mortality ratio, used in proportionate mortality epidemiological research PSAC President’s Science Advisory Committee RVN Republic of Vietnam 229 SAC Science Advisory Council STS Soft tissue sarcoma TCDD 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin, the most toxic form of chlorinated dioxin TCP 2,4,5-trichlorophenol, an important chemical in the manufacture of 2,4,5-T VA (also DVA), Veteran’s Administration USDA US Department of Agriculture 230 Toxic War: The Story of Agent Orange ...