Veterans' exposure to the chemicals listed below potentially could be linked to certain health problems, depending on a number of other factors.
 Agent Orange
Herbicide used during the Vietnam era to destroy foliage and crops
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 Pesticides (Gulf War)
Substances used to repel or destroy pests such as insects and pathogens
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 Burn Pits
Open-air pit waste disposal at military sites
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 Depleted Uranium
Uranium used in military tank armor and some bullets
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 Sulfur Fire (Al Mishraq, Iraq)
Sulfur plant burned almost a month in June 2003; large amounts of sulfur dioxide released into the air
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 Chromium (Qarmat Ali)
Hexavalent chromium in contaminated sodium dichromate dust; water treatment plant in 2003
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 Camp Lejeune Water Supplies
Tap water contaminated by industrial chemicals at Marine Corps Base Camp in the 1950s to 1980s
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 PCBs
Polychlorinated biphenyls used as coolant and insulating fluid
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 Industrial Solvents
Usually liquid, used to dissolve, degrease, clean, strip paint, etc.
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