VA's Environmental Health Program publishes the Agent Orange Review newsletters, providing information especially for Veterans who served in Vietnam.
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Below is an archive of all newsletters by date.
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1990-1999 | 1982-1989
2010
July 2010 – Vol 25, No 1 (259 KB, PDF)
VA Extends Agent Orange Benefits to More Veterans; Message to Veterans from Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric "Ric" Shinseki; "Blue Water" Update - Supreme Court Decision and New IOM Review...
2009
None issued
2008
August 2008 – Vol 20, No 2 (1.4 MB, PDF)
Lead story: Institute of Medicine (IOM) Announces New Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Committee to Prepare 2008 Update
2007
October 2007 – Vol 23, No 1 (787 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Institute of Medicine (IOM) Releases “Veterans And Agent Orange: Update 2006”
2006
July 2006 – Vol 22, No 2 (810 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Launches Multiple Myeloma Project
2005
October 2005 – Vol 22, No 1 (416 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Latest Ranch Hand Study Results Provides Additional Evidence of Link between Agent Orange And Diabetes
April 2005 – Vol 21, No 2 (314 KB, PDF)
Lead story: National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Agent Orange Update 2004—Confirms Previous Finding
2004
November 2004 – Vol 21, No 1 (296 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Institute of Medicine (IOM): No Limit on Length of Presumptive Period for Respiratory Cancer
February 2004 – Vol 20, No 1 (356 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Will Not Attempt to Recover Benefits Paid to Certain Members of the Nehmer Class
2003
July 2003 – Vol 19, No 2 (388 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Institute of Medicine Identifies Herbicide Link with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Principi Extends Benefits
2002
October 2002 – Vol 19, No 1 (389 KB, PDF)
Lead Story: U.S. and Vietnam Officials Meet to Pursue Joint Research on Agent Orange
May 2002 – Vol 18, No 3 (144 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Institute of Medicine (IOM) on Childhood Leukemia: Revised Look Shows Inadequate Evidence for an Association with Agent Orange
March 2002 – Vol 18, No 2 (236 KB, PDF)
Lead story: New Law Changes Agent Orange-Related Compensation Rules
2001
October 2001 – Vol 18, No 1 (330 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Regulations on Type 2 Diabetes Take Effect July 9; House Approves Changes in Law
July 2001 – Vol 17, No 3 (270 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Principi Acts on Agent Orange; VA to Open Registry to Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange Outside Vietnam/Korea
March 2001 – Vol 17, No 2 (1.8 MB, PDF)
Lead story: Proposed Regulations Published on Diabetes
2000
December 2000 – Vol 17, No 1 (193 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Approves Presumptive Service Connection for Type 2 Diabetes; Action Based on Recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) Review Suggesting Possible Association with Agent Orange
August 2000 – Vol 16, No 2 (554 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Legislative Update: Children of Women Vietnam Veterans’ Benefits
Act of 2000
May 2000 – Vol 16, No 1 (97 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Institute of Medicine (IOM) Diabetes Report Expected in September; Ranch Hand Study Suggests Link
1990-1999
1999
August 1999 – Vol 15, No 2 (144 KB, PDF)
Lead story: West Seeks Benefits for Women Vietnam Veterans' Children with Birth Defects, Asks for Special Institute of Medicine (IOM) Review of Diabetes
March 1999 – Vol 15, No 1 (232 KB, PDF)
Lead story: IOM Releases Second Update Report; No Additional Diseases Associated with Agent Orange Exposure
1998
April 1998 – Vol 14, No 2 (93 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA/Korea Scientists to Study Health of Koreans Who Served in Vietnam
1997
November 1997 – Vol 14, No 1 (115 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Scientists Explore Feasibility of Agent Orange Study
February 1997 – Vol 13, No 1 (164 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Final Regulations Issued on Prostate Cancer, Peripheral Neuropathy
1996
August 1996 – Vol 12, No 1 (147 KB, PDF)
Lead story: President Clinton Announces New Benefits; VA Will Recognize Prostate Cancer, Nerve Disorder, Propose Birth Defect Legislation
1995
May 1995 – Vol 11, No 2 (61 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Agent Orange Special Treatment Authority Extended
1994
October 1994 – Vol 11, No 1 (119 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Secretary Brown Approves Service-Connection for Respiratory Cancers and Multiple Myleoma: Regulations Finalized
1993
September 1993 – Vol 10, No 2 (115 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Secretary Brown Announces VA Will Recognize Additional Conditions
February 1993 – Vol 10, No 1 (222 KB, PDF)
Lead story: NAS Committee Continues Active Pace
1992
September 1992 – Vol 9, No 3 (290 KB, PDF)
Lead story: National Academy of Sciences Project Advances
April 1992 – Vol 9, No 2 (149 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Proposed Peripheral Neuropathy and Lung Cancer Regulations Published
1991
December 1991 – Vol 9, No 1 (144 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Final Regulations Issued for Soft Tissue Sarcomas, Chloracne; Proposed Regulations on Peripheral Neuropathy Under Development
August 1991 – Vol 8, No 3 (131 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA to Recognize Nerve Disorder as Service-Connected, Will Not Recognize Lung Cancer Defers Decision on Diabetes
April 1991 – Vol 8, No 2 (179 KB, PDF)
Lead story: President Bush Signs Agent Orange Act of 1991
February 1991 – Vol 8, No 1 (155 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Final Regulations Published on Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Claims; Proposed Rule on Soft Tissue Sarcomas, Chloracne, and Porphyria Cutanea Tarda to Be Published Soon
1990
August 1990 – Vol 7, No 3 (137 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Derwinski Approves Compensation for Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Secretary Acts in Response to Advisory Group Finding
May 1990 – Vol 7, No 2 (112 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Approves Compensation for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Based on Vietnam Service; CDC Study Shows Link Between Rare Cancer and Vietnam, But Not Agent Orange
1982-1989
1989
October 1989 – Vol 7, No 1 (98 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Secretary Derwinski on Agent Orange
1988
October 1988 – Vol 6, No 1 (76 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Vietnam Experience Study Released by CDC
1986
March 1986 – Vol 5, No 1 (79 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Publishes Regulations on Dioxin and Radiation
1985
February 1985 – Vol 4, No 1 (82 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Agent Orange Comp Bill Signed by President
1984
October 1984 – Vol 4, No 3 (80 KB, PDF)
Lead story: CDC Releases Findings of Birth Defects Study
July 1984 – Vol 3, No 2 (67 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Herbicide Literature Review Update Published and Available
April 1984 – Vol 3, No 1 (135 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Air Force Releases Phase II of Ranch Hand Study
1983
November 1983 – Vol 2, No 4 (79 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Agent Orange and Its Us In Vietnam
August 1983 – Vol 2, No 3 (95 KB, PDF)
Lead story: White House AO Group Oversees Federal Studies
June 1983 – Vol 2, No 2 (63 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Reports on Medical Care for Vietnam Veterans
April 1983 – Vol 2, No 1 (369 KB, PDF)
Lead story: VA Transfers Epidemiological Study to CDC in Atlanta
1982
November 1982 – Vol 1, No 1 (74 KB, PDF)
Lead story: Veterans Administration Steps Up Agent Orange Activities
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