ID - 131912821 TI - Agent Orange : The Failure of Science, Policy and Common Sense PY - 2022 SN - 9783031081873 9783031081866 9783031081880 9783031081897 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Politics KW - Polemology KW - Military engineering KW - Engineering sciences. Technology KW - History KW - geschiedenis KW - politiek KW - technologie KW - defensie KW - Agent Orange KW - Chemical warfare. KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Toxicology. KW - Philosophy of science KW - Hazardous substances UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131912821 AB - This book tells the story of Agent Orange, its usage and the policies that surround it. Agent Orange contains a contaminant known as TCDD. It was the most widely used defoliant from 1965 - 1970 and became one of three major tactical herbicides used in Vietnam. More than 45 major health studies were conducted with Vietnam veterans from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea seeking a relationship between veterans' health and TCDD. Allegations of birth defects in the families of Vietnam veterans and the Vietnamese represented a case study in propaganda and deliberate misinformation by the government of Vietnam. The Policies of the US Government implemented by Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) identified 17 recognized associated presumptive diseases that failed the tests of "cause and effect" and common sense. This book tells the story of Agent Orange, its usage, the health studies and those policies from a diverse range of perspectives, delving into science, statistics, history, policy and ethics. It is of interest to scholars engaged in history, political and social philosophy and ethics. ER -