Agent Orange : the failure of science, policy and common sense / Alvin L. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Alvin L.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Studies in history and philosophy of science (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 58.

Studies in history and philosophy of science ; v. 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agent Orange.

Agent Orange--Toxicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2022.

Contents:

1. The Herbicide Orange Primer

2. Project RANCH HAND: The Men and The Mission

3. Update on History and Science of the Major Components of Agent Orange

4. Update on Picloram and Agent White

5. Update on Dimethylarsenic Acid, The Major Component of Agent White

6. The Environmental Fate of the TCDD Associated with Agent Orange

7. Acquisition, Transport, and Disposal of the Drums Used for Tactical Herbicides Sent to South Vietnam

8. Human Exposure to Aerial Dispersion of Agent Orange and TCDD

9. Health Studies of Vietnam Veterans

10. Health Studies of Vietnamese

11. Birth Defects: Facts, Fiction, and Propaganda

12. The Media and Agent Orange

13. Failure of Science and Common Sense

14. The Failure of Policy and Common Sense.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 8, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Young, Alvin L. Agent Orange.

ISBN:

9783031081873

3031081870

Publisher Number:

99991411605

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.