Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

[ xv ] Abbreviations and Acronyms AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science AOWG White House Agent Orange Working Group ARPA Advanced Research Project Agency ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam CDC Centers for Disease Control CICV Combined Intelligence Center, Vietnam CORDS Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support CWS Chemical Warfare Service DMZ Demilitarized Zone DOD Department of Defense DOS Department of State DVA Department of Veterans Affairs (Australia) EIS Environmental Impact Statement EOI Exposure Opportunity Index EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESG Army Environmental Support Group GAO Government Accountability Office GVN Government of Vietnam (often used interchangeably with RVN) IOM National Institute of Medicine IWD Ivon Watkins Dow, Ltd. JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff MACV Military Assistance Command, Vietnam NAS National Academy of Sciences [ xvi ] ABRREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS NCBC Naval Construction Battalion Center NLF National Liberation Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam OTA Office of Technology Assessment PAVN People’s Army of Vietnam ppm/b/t parts per million/billion/trillion RAD Residents Against Dioxin (New Zealand) RVN Republic of Vietnam TCDD 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin USAF United States Air Force USAID United States Agency for International Development USFS United States Forest Service VA United States Veterans Administration/Department of Veterans Affairs VAVA Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin VVA Vietnam Veterans of America VVAA Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia VVANZ Vietnam Veterans Association of New Zealand    “This page intentionally left blank” ...