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Series VIII. Government and Legal Response. 1961-1989


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Folder Title
05167 A Technology Assessment of the Vietnam Defoliant Matter, A Case History: Report to the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U. S. House of Representatives, Ninety-First Congress, First Session
05168Chemical-Biological Warfare: U. S. Policies and International Effects: Hearings before the Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-First Congress, First Session
05169Effects of 2,4,5-T on Man and the Environment: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-First Congress, Second Session, on Effects of 2,4,5-T on Man and the Environment.
05170Press Release: Home Use of 2,4,5-T Suspended
05171Notice to Manufacturers, Formulators, Distributors and Registrants of Economic Poisons: Suspension of 2,4,5-T Products Bearing Certain Directions for Use
05172Notice to Manufacturers, Formulators, Distributors and Registrants of Economic Poisons: Cancellation of 2,4,5-T Products Bearing Certain Directions for Use
05173Effects of 2,4,5-T and Related Herbicides on Man and the Environment: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-First Congress, Second Session on the Effects of 2m4m5-T and Related Herbicides on Man and the Environment
05174Environmental Warfare
05175Typescript: Areas with Restricted Use of 2,4,5-T
05176Pesticides, Pesticide Residues, Tolerances, and the Law (U.S.A.)
05177Pace Quickens for DDT Restrictions
05178Government Steps Up Pressure on Pesticides
05179"Typescript: Answers to "Statements of Issues"
05180Status of 2,4,5-T
05181Gamble
05182EPA Angers Dow Over 2,4,5-T
05183Memorandum and Order: The Dow Chemical Company v. William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), June 22, 1972
05184Guidelines for Registering Pesticides in the United States, Second Preliminary Edition
05185The Current Status of Phenoxy Herbicides
05186Environmental Impact Statements required by NEPA
05187Letter from Ida Honorof to William Ruckelshaus, April 22, 1973
05188Notice of Intent to Hold a Hearing
05189Environmental Protection Agency, Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, Intent to Hold Hearing and Statement of Issues
05190Motion to Intervene
05191Memorandum: from J. Thomas Tidd RE: I. F. & R Docket No. 295, 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, August 23, 1973
05192Response of the Secretary of Agriculture to the Issues to be Discussed in the Administrative Hearing Concerning the Herbicide 2,4,5-T
05193Dow Motion for Prehearing Conference
05194Memorandum and Order to File, October 1, 1973
05195Order Fixing Parties and Certificate of Service, October 3, 1973
05196Response of Registrant The Dow Chemical Company to the Statement of Issues
05197Dow Modification of Requests and Response to Motion to Consolidate
05198Dow Response to EDF Motion to Intervene
05199Environmental Protection Agency Schedules 2,4,5-T Hearing
052002,4,,5 -T Herbicide News Update, Scattered issues, August 27, 1973 - July 10, 1978
05201Environmental Protection Agency Before the Hearing Examiner, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), I.F. & R., No. 295: Prehearing Brief
05202Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), F.I.F.R.A. Docket Number 295, et al., Amchem Prehearing Memorandum (Number 2)
05203Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), F.I.F.R.A. Docket Number 295, et al., Dow Prehearing Memorandum (No. 2)
05204Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), F.I.F.R.A. Docket Number 295, et al., Dow Prehearing Memorandum (No. 3)
05205Typescript Draft: Testimony for 2,4,5 -T Hearing: Teratogenic Potential of 2,4,5 -T and Chlorinated Dibenzo -p- Dioxins
052062,4,,5 -T Herbicide News Update, No. 4, March 8, 1974
05207United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -T, FIFRA Consolidated Docket No. 295, Respondent's First Pretrial Brief and Second Pretrial Brief
05208Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid FIFRA Docket No. 295, Statement of Position, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
05209Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, FIFRA Docket No. 295, Response of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
05210Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), I. F. & R. No. 295, Reply Brief of Environmental Defense Fund, Consumers Union, and Wellford
05211Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrative Law Judge, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), FIFRA Docket. No. 295 et al., Statement of Association of American Railroads in Response to original Statements of Other Parties Filed January 18, 1974
05212Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), FIFRA Docket. No. 295 et al., National Forest Products Association Preliminary Witness List
05213Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid FIFRA Docket No. 295, Initial Witness List of the United States Department of Agriculture
05214Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), F.I.F.R.A. Docket Number 295, et al., Dow Prehearing Memorandum (No. 4)
05215United States of America Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, FIFRA Docket No. 295, Statement of Position, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States
052162,4,,5 -T Herbicide News Update, No. 5, April 1, 1974
05217Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: 2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), FIFRA Docket No. 295, Procedural Order
05218Hearings Probe U.S. Chemical Warfare Stance
05219Information Sheet
05220Proposed Rules: Inert Ingredients in Pesticide Formulations
05221Memorandum with attachment: From Alvin L. Young, regarding Trip Report, Air Force/EPA Orange Registration Meeting, 27 September 1974, Washington, D.C.
05222Typescript: Benefits and Hazards of Herbicides
052232,4,5-T Chronology, an update (1972-1974)
05224Memorandum with attachment: From USDA, Office of the General Counsel with enclosed final report on the 2,4,5 -T scientific workshop, March 8-9, 1974, Washington, D.C.
05225Environmental Protection Agency Regulations for Enforcement of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (40 CFR 162, 36FR 22496, November 25, 1971; as Amended by 37 FR 24802, December 23, 1971, 38 FR 9089, April 10 , 1973, 38 FR 26360, September 20, 1973, and 39 FR 3939, January 31, 1973)
05226Proposed Amendments to Environmental Protection Agency Rules Governing Hearing Procedures for the Regulation of Pesticide Products Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
05227Report to Congress: Disposal of Hazardous Wastes
05228Dioxin: Position Document, Draft
05229Environmental Health Criteria for Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, draft
05230Letters, Notes, and Memoranda on Anonymous VA Memorandum on Defoliation Operations from 1965-1969 During Vietnam War, 1977-1980
05231Summary: EPA Monitoring Systems - A Case History on Dioxin
05232Memorandum to Members of Congress from Abner J. Mikva and Don Edwards, April 6, 1978
05233Press Releases regarding EPA Review of 2,4,5-T, April 12, 1978
05234Pesticide Programs: Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration and Continued Registration of Pesticide Products Containing 2,4,5-T
05235Pesticide Programs: Notice of Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration and Continued Registration of Pesticide Products Containing 2,4,5-T
05236USDA Curtails Use of 2,4,5-T
05237Correspondence from Erik Jansson of Friends of the Earth to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
05238VA Action Needed on Agent Orange
05239RPAR Review of 2,4,5-T Herbicides
05240Fact Sheet: 2,4,5-T RPAR
05241Letter to Federal Register Section, Technical Services Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA from Marguerite L. Leng, July 7, 1978
05242Letter to Federal Register Section, Technical Services Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA from Wilbur P. McNulty, July 27, 1978
05243Exposure Analysis for 2,4,5-T and TCDD, Re-write
05244Realistic Evaluation of Human Exposure from Application of 2,4,5-T Sprays
05245"Herbicide "Agent Orange": Hearing before the Subcommittee on Medical Facilities and Benefits of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fifth Congress, Second Session on Herbicide "Agent Orange," October 11, 1978"
05246Notes: Comments on McNulty Study with TCDD in Monkeys as Reported in C & E News, August 7, 1978; dated September 13, 1978
05247The Bottom Line
05248The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as Amended, Public Law 92-516 October 21, 1972 as amended by Public Law 94-140 November 28, 1975 and Public Law 95-396 September 30, 1978
05249Letters and Memoranda regarding Speaker Thomas O'Neill's Request for Information on Agent Orange, 1978
05250Newsletter, brochures: What the 2,4,5-T RPAR Means to You, Fact Sheet 2,4,5 -T RPAR and RPAR Review of 2,4,5-T Herbicides, Information from Dow, dated June 1, 1978
05251Highlights, and Pesticides
05252Current Report: 2,4,5-T
05253Current Report: EPA Position Document for the Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration of Products Containing 2,4,5-TCP
05254Amended Verified Complaint, January 5, 1979
05255Typescript: Interlaboratory Method Validation Study for Dioxin
05256Final Draft Report: The Biologic and Economic Assessment of 2,4,5-T
05257Typescript: Decision and Emergency Order Suspending Registrations for the Forest, Rights-of-way, and Pasture Uses of 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4,5-T)
052582,4,5-Trichlorophenol and Its Sodium and Potassium Salts: Position Document 1
05259Summary of Dow's Response to EPA's Risk Analysis on the Use of 2,4,5-T Herbicide
05260Government Requirements for Pesticide Residue Analyses and Monitoring Studies
05261Memorandum with attachments: From Joseph J. Merenda, Director, Assessment Division, regarding EPA's Evaluation of Dow's Study Reporting Dioxin Formation as a Result of Combustion, dated February 15, 1979
05262Letter from Rudolf H. Schroeter to Alvin L. Young, February 21, 1979
05263Press Releases, Fact Sheets, and Charts related to the EPA Suspension of 2,4,5-T and Silvex, March 1, 1979
05264Opinion of George Deukmejian, Attorney General, and Clayton P. Roche, Deputy Attorney General; No. CV 78/105, March 2, 1979
05265EPA Halts Most Use of Herbicide 2,4,5-T
05266Product Registrations Report
05267Rebuttal Comments of Respondent Environmental Protection Agency in re: Emergency Suspension Orders for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, April 4, 1979
05268Memorandum to Heads of Department Agencies: 2,4,5-T and Silvex Litigation Proceedings, April 5, 1979
05269Appendix to Rebuttal Comments of Respondent Environmental Protection Agency in re: Emergency Suspension Order for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, FIFRA Docket Nos. 409-410
05270Notice and Order in re: Suspension of Registrations for Certain Uses of 2,4,5-T and Silvex, FIFRA Docket Nos. 409 and 410
05271Report by the Comptroller General of the United States: Health Effects of Exposure to Herbicide Orange in South Vietnam Should be Resolved
05272The Dow Chemical Company's Direct Evidence Submission in re: Emergency Suspension Orders for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, FIFRA Docket Nos. 409, 410, April 10, 1979
05273Respondent's Exhibit List, and Submission of Respondent on Cross-Examination - both in re: Emergency Suspension Orders for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, FIFRA Docket Nos. 409, 410, April 12, 1979
05274Handwritten notes about a call received from Mr. Schroeter, April 14, 1979
05275Notice of the Dow Chemical Company's Intent to Proceed Immediately with Cancellation Hearings and the Withdraw from Suspension Proceedings in re: Emergency Suspension Orders for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, FIFRA Docket Nos. 409, 410, April 23, 1979
05276Motion of the Dow Chemical Company to Set Prehearing Conference Within 10 Days and to Begin Cancellation Hearings on or Before June 4, 1979, in re: Notice of Intent to Cancel Registrations for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, Docket No. 438, April 23, 1979
05277Motion for Consolidation, in re: Notice of Intent to Cancel Registrations for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, Docket No. 438, April 23, 1979
05278Motion of the Dow Chemical Company for Reference of Cancellation Proceedings to Administrative Law Judge, in re: Notice of Intent to Cancel Registrations for 2,4,5-T and Silvex, Docket No. 438, April 23, 1979
05279Letter to Witnesses for 2,4,5-T and Silvex Cancellation Hearings from Edward W. Warren, re: Hearing Schedule and Preparation of Testimony, May 17, 1979
05280Report of Prehearing Conference No. 1 and Notice of Prehearing Conference No. 2, in the Matter of The Dow Chemical Company, et al., Petitioners, FIFRA Docket No, 415 et al., June 7, 1979
05281Involuntary Exposure to Agent Orange and Other Toxic Spraying
05282Letter to Witnesses for 2,4,5-T and Silvex Cancellation Hearings re Update on Hearing Schedule, June 27, 1979
05283Message from Headquarters AAFES, Dallas, Texas to several recipients, with subject line Potentially Hazardous Product - Chevron Chemical Co (Ortho) Lawn Products Containing Silvex, June 26, 1979
05284Respondent's Direct Evidence Submission on Risks and Preliminary Statement Regarding Risk Testimony and Evidence, in re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al., FIFRA Dockets No. 415, et al., July 17, 1979
05285Letter to Grant C. Reynolds from Rudolf H. Schroeter, July 25, 1979
05286Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel, Review of Notices of Intent to Hold FIFRA Section 6(b)(2) Hearing on 2,4,5-T and Silvex, Draft
05287The Dow Chemical Company's Report to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel on 2,4,5-T and Silvex
05288EDF Asks Appeals Court to Overrule EPA Decision Barring it From Hearings
05289The Bottom Line
05290Report to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel on Proposed Section 6(b)(2) Notices for 2,4,5-T and Silvex
05291Remarks of Rep. William C. Wampler, Ranking Republican Member of the House Agriculture Committee Before the Third Annual Conference on Pesticide Regulation and Registration, Washington, D. C., October 19, 1979
052922,4,5-T, Silvex Cancellation Proceedings to Begin Jan. 22 at EPA
05293A Scientific Critique of the EPA Alsea II Study and Report with the November 16, 1979 Supplement
05294Several Articles Discussing 2,4,5-T and Dioxins
05295Letter to Registrants of Products Containing 2,4,5-T and/or Silvex, from Douglas D. Campt, November 15, 1979
05296Part V, Environmental Protection Agency: Final Determination Concerning the Rebuttable Presumptions Against Registration for Certain Uses of Pesticide Products Containing 2,4,5-T and Silvex and Notice of Intent to Hold a Hearing
05297Correspondence and Notes: Testimony for EPA Hearings, 1979-1980
05298Journal and Newspaper Articles on Agent Orange Litigation, 1979-1985
05299Various Articles, 1979
05300Various Articles, 1979
05301Various Articles, 1979
05302Freedom of Information Action (FOIA), Herbicide Orange, 1979 -1984
05303Memorandum with attachments: From Bernard C. Meredith, Jr., Technical Director, Department of the Air Force, regarding Nonsuspended Uses and Disposition of 2,4,5-T and Silvex, dated January 3, 1980
05304Forest Service Policy on Pesticide Use and Criteria for Use of 2,4,5-T and 2,4 -D
05305Chemical Companies Charge Government Misused Agent Orange
05306Press Release: Environmental News: Dioxin Not Detected in Mother's Milk
05307Before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States of America, In re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al., Docket Nos. 415, et al., The Dow Chemical Company's Pretrial Risk Brief
05308United States Environmental Protection Agency Before the Administrator, In re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al., FIFRA Docket Nos. 415, et al., Respondent's Prehearing Brief on the Risks Associated with the Registered Uses of 2,4,5-T and Silvex
05309United States Environmental Protection Agency Before the Administrator, In re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al., FIFRA Docket Nos. 415, et al., Respondent's Comments on Recent Dow Memoranda in Support of Compulsory Document Discovery Against Dr. Allen
05310Denial of Applications for Federal Registration of Intrastate Pesticide Products Containing 2,4,5 -T, and Denial of Applications for Federal Registration of Intrastate Pesticide Products Containing Silvex
05311Petitions of the Friends of the Earth for Rulemaking and Policy Changes; Aerial Application of Pesticides
05312United States Environmental Protection Agency Before the Administrator, In re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al. Petitioners., Docket Nos. 415, et al., Order Granting in part and Denying in part Motion for Compulsory Document Production Against Dr. James Allen
05313Letter: From David L. Rooke, President, Dow Chemical U.S.A., to Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding suspension of 2,4,5 -T and Silvex, dated February 5, 1908
05314News Release: Judge Subpoenas Scientific Data in 2,4,5 -T Suspension Hearing, dated February 7, 1980
05315Statements of Joan Z. Bernstein, General Counsel, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the Committee on Veteran's Affairs, United States Senate, February 21, 1980
05316In the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, United States of America v. James R. Allen, Defendant., Information No. 790R71, 18 U.S.C. 641, with transmittal slip from M. Breinholt, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Alvin L. Young, dated February 21, 1980
05317Oversight Hearing to Receive Testimony on Agent Orange, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Medical Facilities and Benefits of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, February 25, 1980
05318Affidavit, State of Texas, County of Dallas, Affiant, Bill McAnalley
05319The Carcinogen Assessment Group's Risk Assessments on (2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxy)Acetic Acid (2,4,5 -T), (2,4,5 -Trichlorophenoxy)Propionic Acid (Silvex), 2,3,7,8 -Tetrachlorodibenzo -p- Dioxin (TCDD): Part 1 with transmittal slip from M. Breinholt, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Alvin L. Young, dated March 20, 1980
05320Summary of Reported Pesticide Incidents Involving 2,4 -D, Pesticide Incident Monitoring System, Report No. 283 with transmittal letter from James J. Boland, PIMS Coordinator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to Ms. Jean McVoy, Veterans Administration, dated April 28, 1983
05321Newsletter: Vets Grapevine
05322Press Release: Environmental News: EPA Asks for More Information on Herbicide 2,4-D
05323Correspondence with attachment: Between William E. Hazeltine, Ph.D. and The Honorable Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, dated May 12, 1980, with bill H.R. 6377, 96th Congress, 2nd Session
05324Memorandum: From Aubry Dupuy, Jr., Acting Manager, Toxicant Analysis Center, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), To Jerry Hlass, Manager, NASA-NSTL Site, regarding EPA- TAC Safety Regulations and Procedures, dated May 15, 1980
05325United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Before the Administrator, In re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al. FIFRA Docket Nos. 415, et al., Direct Testimony of Dr. Ian C.T. Nisbet
05326United States Environmental Protection Agency Before the Administrator, In re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al. FIFRA Docket Nos. 415, et al., Transmittal of the Direct testimony and Exhibits of Dr. Rainer Frentzel-Beyme and Notice of Transmittal to the Repository of a Reference
05327Memorandum: From William R. Elliott, Jr., Chief, Aviation and Admiralty Law, Office of The Judge Advocate General, USAF, to Captain Ben Chappell regarding defense motion in United States v. Robert R. Garwood and an affidavit by Alvin L. Young, dated June 17, 1980
05328Letter: From Edward W. Warren, Kirkland and Ellis, to Dorothy E. Patton, Office of the General Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding Dr. Hardell's study, dated June 20, 1980
05329Letter: From Alvin L. Young, to Margaret M. Breinholt, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), regarding testimony by Alvin L. Young and testimony attachments, dated June 30, 1980
05330Direct Testimony of Dr. Alvin L. Young, June 1980, in re: The Dow Chemical Company, et al., FOFRA Docket Nos. 415, et seq.
05331Dioxins: Volume I. Sources, Exposure, Transport, and Control
05332Dioxins: Volume II. Analytical Method for Industrial Wastes
05333Dioxins: Volume III. Assessment of Dioxin-Forming Chemical Processes
05334Statement Before the Subcommittee on Medical Facilities and Benefits of the Veterans Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives
05335Letter from Charles E. Millard of Dow Chemical to Bottomline Readers, July 1980
05336Pesticide and Toxic Substances Monitoring Report
05337Letter from Ray Roberts, Chairman, U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to Charles Thalcan [Thalken?], August 27, 1980
05338Letter from Ray Roberts, Chairman, U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs to John C. Stetson, Secretary of the Air Force, August 27, 1980
05339Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 10, 1980
05340Scientific Community Report on Agent Orange
05341United States Of America, Before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), In the Matter of the Hearing of: 2,4,5-T and Silvex, The Dow Chemical Company, et al., Docket Nos. 415, et al, September 24, 1980
05342More on Agent Orange
05343Letter from Alvin L. Young to William J. Carter, 1980
05344Project Summary: The Revised Organic Chemical Producers Data Base System
05345Information on Agent Orange for Veterans, 1980
05346Everybody's Problem: Hazardous Waste
05347CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
05348Memoranda, Notes, and Reports on Registration Attempts
05349Project Summary: Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Synthesis and Purification
05350Project Summary: Cost Comparisons of Treatment and Disposal Alternatives for Hazardous Materials, Volumes I and II
05351Project Summary: Biological Monitoring of Toxic Trace Elements
05352Letter from Joan M. Bernott to Alvin Young, March 2, 1981
05353Final Report: Work Assignments No. 1, 2,4,5-T Seveso Testimony Review
05354Statement of the National Veterans Law Center Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Veterans Affairs Committee, House of Representatives
05355Statement of Donald L. Custis, M. D., April 28, 1981, Hearing
05356Statement of Turner Camp, M. D., Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, Veterans Administration, before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, April 30, 1981
05357Project Summary: Removal of Phenolic Compounds from Wood Preserving Wastewaters
05358Project Summary: Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Drum-Mix Asphalt Plants
05359Agenda and Statements Before the Veterans Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House of Representatives, May 6, 1981
05360Agent Orange: Veterans Ask High Court to Review Ruling Barring Federal Common Law Suit
05361Human Health Effects from Herbicide Exposure
05362Letter from Robert L. Booth to Carl R. McMillen, August 10, 1981
05363Press Release: Statement by the President
05364Oversight on Issues Related to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides
05365Chapter 6: The Poison Orange
05366Letters, Memoranda, Notes, and Reports, Coalition of State Agent Orange Commissions, 1981-1983
05367Letters, Memoranda, Notes and Reports: USDA/EPA Silvex 2,4,5-T Registration Committee, 1981-82
05368Ask the Lawyer
05369"In re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 381 (All Cases) Pretrial Order No. 33, February 24, 1982"
05370Liability of Government Contractors
05371"Broad Reach of "Next" PCB Rules Indicated in EPA Court Ruling"
05372Letter from David E. Bonior to John Gibbons, April 28, 1982
05373Veterans Rights Newsletter
05374EPA Proposes Protective Order in Agent Orange Case
05375Agent Orange Legislation
05377Prepared Statement of Testimony for the Congressional Field Hearing on Health Care Programs for Veterans at Veterans Administration Centers - To be Held 26th of August, 1982 at the Lincoln Room, Alex Johnson Hotel, Rapid City, South Dakota, dated August 20, 1982
05378 A Record Award in a Dioxin Spill
05379Editorial: Will These Insults Ever Cease?
05380Testimony before Congressional Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigating: John T. O'Connell, Member, Illinois House of Representatives, dated September 13, 1982
05381Agenda: Testimony before Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, September 15, 1982
05382Press Release: Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee Action Labeled Insult to Illinois General Assembly and Citizens of Illinois, dated September 16, 1982
05383The Vietnam War That's Still Being Fought
05384Methods of Analysis for By-Product PCBs - Literature Review and Preliminary Recommendations
05385Analytical Methods for By-Product PCBs - Preliminary Validation and Interim Methods
05386Articles: Pesticide Misuse, and Agent Orange Study Won't Solve Policy Problems
05387Newspaper: The Veterans Experience
05388Interim Report of the Illinois Agent Orange Study Commission
05389Letters, memoranda, Journal Articles, and Notes on Gifford v. United States Litigation, 1982
05390Depositions, Exhibits, and Statements in Gifford v. United States litigation, 1982-1983
05391Defendant's Expert Reports: Victoria Palmer et al. v. Nova Scotia Forest Industries Herbicide Injunction Case, 1982
05392Plaintiff's Expert Reports: Victoria Palmer et al. v. Nova Scotia Forest Industries Herbicide Injunction Case, accompanied by a letter from Harvey L. Morrison of McInnes, Cooper and Robertson to Alvin L. Young, dated March 30, 1983
05393Agent Orange: Government Responsibility for the Military Use of Phenoxy Herbicides
05394Clippings, transcripts, newsletter and various affidavits, accompanied by a letter from Harvey L. Morrison of McInnes, Cooper and Robertson to Alvin L. Young, dated March 3, 1983
05395Report and Decision granting an interlocutory injunction by Mr. Justice Burchell accompanied by a letter from Harvey L. Morrison of McInnes, Cooper and Robertson to Alvin L. Young, dated March 4, 1983
05396Letter from Harvey L. Morrison of McInnes, Cooper and Robertson to Alvin L. Young, regarding New York Times article from January 23, 1983 referring to studies by Dr. Alan Poland, dated March 4, 1983
05397EPA, VA Dioxin Policies Vary Widely
05398Memorandum: From Alvin L. Young in the form of a bibliography of articles provided to Mike Feinsilber, Associated Press, Washington, D.C., dated March 17, 1983
05399Letter from Harvey L. Morrison of McInnes, Cooper and Robertson to Alvin L. Young, with transcript of a Swedish radio program about spraying, dated March 17, 1983
05400Letter from Harvey L. Morrison to Alvin L. Young, March 30, 1983
05401A Research Report on Compensation for Victims of Toxic Pollution - Assessing the Scientific Knowledge Base
05402Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities; Interim Status, Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities; and Storage and Disposal of Waste Material: Prohibition of Disposal of Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin
05403Letter from George Cooper to Alvin L. Young, April 12, 1983
05404Letter from Harvey L. Morrison to Alvin L. Young, April 5, 1983
05405Proposal: Dioxins and Related Environmental Toxins - Bioassay Development and Validation
05406Briefing Book for HVAC Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance Hearing on H. R. 1961, Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act. April 26 and 27, 1983 and May 3, 1983
05407Testimony before the Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, and Insurance of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U. S. House of Representatives, April 26, 1983
05408Critique of a Report by the General Accounting Office to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U. S. House of Representatives, Chemical Warfare: Many Unanswered Questions
05409Status of Federally Conducted Agent Orange Studies
05410Testimony of Congressman Tom Downey Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Tuesday, May 6, 1983
05411Memorandum to the Cabinet Council on Legal Policy from David A. Stockman, Subject: Compensation for Toxic Substances Exposure, dated May 16, 1983
05412"United States District Court, Eastern District of New York In re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, Before Honorable George C. Pratt, U. S. C. J, MDL No. 381"
05413"Memorandum to All Agency Representatives, from Arvin Maskin and Gretchen Leah Witt, Re: In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, MDL, No. 381, dated May 22, 1983"
05414"United States District Court, Eastern District of New York In re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 381, Pretrial Order No. 51"
05415Dioxin risk Assessment: A Panel Discussion
05416The Need for a RCRA Science Advisory Committee
05417Environmental Health Letter
05418Letter from Jerry F. Stara to Alvin L. Young, June 16, 1983
05419Statement of Alan K. Simpson Before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Hearing on Veterans Agent Orange Exposure. June 22, 1983.
05420Book Review: The Veterans' Ordeal: Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange by Fred A. Wilcox
05421Comprehensive Assessment of the Specific Compounds Present in Combustion Processes, Volume I: Pilot Study of Combustion Emissions Variability
05422SVAC Hearing on the Study of Agent Orange
05423Letter from Debdas Mukerjee to Alvin L. Young, July 7, 1983
05424Letter from Jerry F. Stara to Alvin L. Young, July 8, 1983
05425EPA Task Force Urges Prompt Action to Control Traces of Dioxin on Land
05426Statement by Edward N. Brandt, Jr., M. D., Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, July 28, 1983
05427Agenda, Notes, and Consensus Statement Peer Review Workshop on Dioxins, July 27-29, 1983
05428Letter from Julie A. Dutton to Alvin L. Young, July 1, 1983
05429Dioxin Strategy, Draft
05430EPA Outlines Strategy for Tackling Dioxin Problem
05431Typescript: Establishment by the EPA Administrator of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Science Advisory Committee
05432California Assembly Joint Resolution No. 48 - Relative to veterans exposed to Agent Orange
05433Letter from Harvey L. Morrison to Alvin L. Young, Re: Victoria Palmer et al v. Nova Scotia Forest Industries, dated September 9, 1983
05434Letter from Harvey L. Morrison to Alvin L. Young, Re: Victoria Palmer et al v. N.S.F.I [Nova Scotia Forest Industries], dated September 29, 1983
05435Minutes: Dioxin Management Task Force Meeting - October 13, 1983
05436Clipping: Judge Withdraws From Suits Over Agent Orange
05437Press Release: Dow Chemical Withdraws from 2,4,5-T Business in the U. S. ; Exits EPA Policy Proceedings on the Herbicide
05438Remarks of Michael J. Horowitz, Counsel to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
05439Press Release: 200,000 Viet War Documents Recommended For Release
05440"Letter from Stanley Pierce to Stephen J. Schlegel, Re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation - MDL NO. 381; October 26, 1983"
05441Reports and Testimony: OSTP Agent Orange Briefings to Senate, October 1983
05442Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regulations on Registration of Pesticide-Producing Establishments. Submission of Reports, and Labeling (40 CFR 176; 38 FR 30557, November 6, 1973)
05443By Mr. Cranston: S 991. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require regulations providing for the resolution of Veterans' Administration benefits claims based on certain exposures to herbicides containing dioxin, to ionizing radiation from detonations of nuclear devices, and to certain other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
05444Letter from George Cooper to Alvin L. Young, Re: Victoria Palmer et al v. NSFI [Nova Scotia Forest Industries]; November 15 1983
05445Hundreds of Dioxin Sites to be Listed: Budget Restraint, Superfund Listing Process Slows Dioxin Cleanups
05446Dioxin Strategy
05447An Overview on Dioxin
05448Problems of Causality, Burdens of Proof and Restitution: Agent Orange Diseases
05449"Letter from George Cooper to "Colleague", December 12, 1983"
05450Inadequate Job on Samples Suspected for TCDD Sparks OIG Inquiries in OPTS
05451"VA "Apprehensive" about Dioxin Health Assessment: OMB Warns EPA About 'Tremendous Budget Implications' of Dioxin Strategy"
05452Final Report of the Special Commission Established (Under Section 291 of Chapter 351 of the Acts of 1981 and most recently revived and continued by Section 81 of Chapter 289 of the Acts of 1983) for the Purpose of Making an Investigation and Study of the Concerns of Vietnam War Veterans
05453Clippings on Agent Orange Litigation and other Toxic Tort Litigation, 1983-1986
05454Letters, Memoranda, Reports: Agent Orange Relief Act and Hammerschmidt Amendment, 1983-1984
05455Current Controversy
05456EPA Outlines Plan to Identify, Clean Dioxin-Contaminated Sites
05457Interagency Toxic Substances Data Committee, January 19, 1984, New Business
05458Transcript of Proceedings: Civil Action, Monsanto Company, July 17, 1984, Volume 19
05459"2,3,7,8 -Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD, "Dioxin)"
05460Epidemiology of Soft-Tissue Sarcoma and Related Human Research with two addendum from December 5 and December 19, 1983, accompanied by memorandum from John H. Thompson, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Veterans Administration to Alvin L. Young, Office of Science and Technology Policy, dated February 14, 1984
05461Letter: From Alvin L. Young, Senior Policy Analyst for Life Sciences, Office of Science and Technology Policy, to Lisbeth Hammer, Senior Editor, CRC Critical Review Journals, regarding dioxin article, dated February 28, 1984
05462Letter: From Michael J. Dellarco, Office of Monitoring Systems and Quality Assurance, United States Environmental Protection Agency, to Alvin L. Young, regarding dioxin research projects, dated February 29, 1984
05463Methods of Analysis for Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in Biological Matrices - Literature Review and Preliminary Recommendations: Task 6 Final Report
05464Ambient Water Quality Criteria for 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
05465Press Release with attachment: Report on Trip to Vietnam from Congressman Don Edwards with Committee Print Agent Orange in Vietnam: Report on Mission to Vietnam to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session
05466Herbicides Registered by Environmental Protection Agency for Woody Plant Control
05467The Politics of Pesticides Report
05468Letter with attachments: From William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Rivkin, Leff, Sherman and Radler, to Arvin Maskin, Department of Justice, with attached list of selected publications and articles by Alvin L. Young for Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 381, dated April 5, 1984
05469Memorandum with attachment: From Alvin L. Young, Office of Science and Technology Policy, to Jerry Jennings, regarding deposition for Agent Orange litigation, with letter from William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Rivkin, Leff, Sherman and Radler, to Arvin Maskin, Department of Justice, regarding same disposition, dated April 10, 1984
05470In the Circuit Court, Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, St. Clair County, Frances M. Kemner, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Monsanto Company and Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Defendants, No. 80-L-970, Before the Honorable Richard P. Goldenhersh, Judge, Report of Proceedings, April 11, 1984, Jury Trial
05471In the Circuit Court, Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, St. Clair County, Frances E. Kemner, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Monsanto Company, et al., Defendants, No. 80-L-970, Before the Honorable Richard P. Goldenhersh, Judge, Report of Proceedings, April 12, 1984, Jury Trial
05472In the Circuit Court, Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, St. Clair County, Frances E. Kemner, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Monsanto Company, et al., Defendants, No. 80-L-970, Before the Honorable Richard P. Goldenhersh, Judge, Report of Proceedings, April 13, 1984, Jury Trial
0547340% Veterans Visiting Centers Troubled by Post-Trauma Stress Disorder
05474In the Circuit Court, Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, St. Clair County, Frances E. Kemner, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Monsanto Company, et al., Defendants, No. 80-L-970, Before the Honorable Richard P. Goldenhersh, Judge, Report of Proceedings, April 24, 1984, Jury Trial
05475Draft Typescript: Project Plan for Tiers 3,5,6, and 7 of the National Dioxin Study, including Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) Requirements
05476Dioxin, Agent Orange and Human Health
05477Statement of Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master
05478Dioxin Settlement an Unlikely Model for Asbestos Suits
05479Letter to Alvin L. Young from James M. Strock, May 23, 1984
05480"Amended Complaint, Maureen Ryan, Individually, and as the mother of the infants Kerry Ryan and Michael Ryan, and Michael Ryan, and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, against the Public Health Service, The Food and Drug Administration, The Veterans Administration, Defendants, In re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, Multi District Litigation (MDL) No. 381"
05481Pesticides: Exporting Death
05482"Declaration of Alvin L. Young, In re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, All Cases, August 30, 1984"
05483Typescript: Hazardous Wastes: Problems, Perspectives and Policy
05484A Judge Objects to Some Unclassy Action
05485Memorandum for David Stockman, from Jay Keyworth, subject: Enrolled Bill H. R. 5172, dated October 19, 1984
05486EPA Sees 35 Military Sites as High Toxic-Waste Risks
05487"Memorandum for James M. Frey, from Bernadine Healy Bulkley, subject: Enrolled Bill Request - H. R. 1961 "Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act," dated October 22, 1984"
05488Statement by the President, October 24, 1984
05489List of Members and Consultants, October 1984
05490Dioxin in the Environment: Its Effect on Human Health, A Report by the American Council on Science and Health
05491Congress Drops Bombs on Vets
05492Agenda, November 28-29, 1984
05493"The United States' Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition the United States' Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgement in Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, November 29, 1984"
05494Response to Key Issues Raised by Public Review Comments on Health Assessment Document for Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins, External Review Draft
05495Appendix C: Balancing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation with the Needs of Research, Development, and Technological Innovation, A Special report on the Need for Further Regulatory Review
05496Agent Orange Litigation Team, 1984
05497Epidemiologic Proof in Toxic Tort Litigation
05498Dioxin Analysis in Stack Emissions and in the Wash Water Circuit During High-Temperature Incineration of Chlorine-Containing Industrial Wastes
05499Regulatory Activity
05500Letter from Christopher S. Bond to William Ruckelshaus, January 2, 1985
05501"Memorandum, Order and Judgment in Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, February 8, 1985"
05502Cover Letter, List of Addresses, and Memorandum sent to Congressional Committees after a meeting of the Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel, February 28, 1985.
05503Letter from Armon F. Yanders to Christopher Lind, March 5, 1985
05504Typescript: Testimony of Michael Gough before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science and Technology, United States House of Representatives, April 23, 1985
05505"Memorandum, Order and Judgment in Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, May 8-9, 1985"
05506Agent Orange
05507"Memorandum, Order, and Judgment on Distribution of the Settlement Fund in re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, May 28, 1985"
05508"Memorandum and Order in re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, Michael F. Ryan, et al., Plaintiffs, against, Dow Chemical Co., et al., Defendants, Stephan J. Schlegel, et al., Petitioners, against, David J. Dean, Respondent, dated June 27, 1985"
05509"Memorandum, Order and Judgment in re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, Anna M. Lilley, et al., Plaintiffs, against, Dow Chemical Co., et al., Defendants, dated July 3, 1985"
05510Committee Print Veterans' Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement Act of 1985: Report of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 876
05511Letter with attachments: From Rizwanul Haque, Toxics Team Leader, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to Alvin L. Young, Office of Science Technology and Policy, regarding EPA Science Advisory Board Review of Dioxin Research, dated August 23, 1985 with Advisory Board directory, Review agenda, briefing points, EPA Background Document 2,3,7,8 - Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, dated August 15, 1983, Dioxin Strategy Implementation Status Briefing, dated February 15, 1984 and handwritten notes
05512Status of Dioxin Research in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): A Report Prepared by the Office of Research and Development for the Science Advisory Board
05513Health Assessment Document for Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins: Final Report
05514Statement of Dale L. Renaud, National Commander, The American Legion before the House and Senate Committees on veterans Affairs, October 1, 1985
05515Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation: Opinions, 1985-1987
05516Committee Print: Report on Congressional Delegation Trip to Southeast Asia to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session
05517Report of the Research Planning Workshop on Bioavailability of Dioxins, Raleigh, N.C., September 1984
05518Letter: To Alvin L. Young, Office of Science and Technology Policy, from David F. Snively, Litigation Attorney, Monsanto, regarding Binghamton PDB Panel/Dr. Ellen Silbergeld, dated February 21, 1986
05519Draft Typescript: IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety) Environmental Health Criteria Poly-Chlorinated Dibenzo-para-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans, and memorandums related to this typescript, dated February 1986
05520Letter with attachment: To Alvin L. Young, Office of Science and Technology Policy, from Edward W. Warren, Kirkland and Ellis, regarding attached documents Environmental Defense Fund and Chemical Manufacturers Association, Comments on EPA's Proposed Testing and Reporting Requirements for Polyhalogenated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins/Dibenzofurans, dated February 21, 1986
05521Protocol for the Analysis of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin by High-Resolution Gas Chromatography/High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry with attached letter transmitting the report to Alvin L. Young, from Ronald K. Mitchum, Director, Quality Assurance Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency
05522Analysis for Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans in Human Adipose Tissue: Method Evaluation Study: Draft Final Report with attached letter transmitting the report to Alvin L. Young, from Janet C. Remmers, Field Studies Branch, Exposure Evaluation Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency
05523Order and Memorandum in regards to Donald M. Bacon, et al., Plaintiffs, v. united States of America, Defendant, dated June 5, 1986
05524Statements of Richard Christian, Director, U.S. Army and Joint Services Environmental Support Group, Record and Reading versions, with a biographical sketch from the Congress of the United States House of Representatives, envelope dated July 18, 1986
05525Testimony before the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives, July 31,1986
05526Analysis for Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDD) and Dibenzofurans (PCDF) in Human Adipose Tissue: Method Evaluation Study: Final Report with attached letter transmitting the report to Alvin L. Young, from Janet C. Remmers, Field Studies Branch, Exposure Evaluation Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency
05527Chapter 14: Broad Scan Analysis of Human Adipose Tissue from the EPA FY82 NHATS Repository
05528Memorandum from William J. Adams to SETAC Government Affairs Committee, subject: Committee Meeting to Discuss Research Needs in Environmental Risk Assessment, dated May 1, 1987
05529R & D Eroding at EPA
05530"Comments to the EPA Draft Document "Estimating Exposures to 2,3,7,8-TCDD" (June 1987)"
05531Agent Orange Update
05532Memorandum for Nancy J. Risque and William R. Graham, from Ralph C. Bledsoe, subject: Agent Orange, September 24, 1987
05533National Dioxin Study, Report to Congress
05534EPA to Complete Love Canal Cleanup
05535Agent Orange, Pending New Legislation
05536Statement of John A. Gronvall, M. D., Chief Medical Director, Veterans Health Services and Research Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U. S. House of Representatives, June 22, 1989
05537Agent Orange: Ten Years of Struggle
05538Typescript: EPA's Ecological Assessment Capability: The Need for Enhancement
05539EPA Oversteps its Bounds on 2,4,5-T
05540Technical Report of the Environmental Health Committee of EPA's Science Advisory Board Regarding a Draft Health Assessment Document for Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins
05541"Typescript: Selected Activities Related to "Dioxins"
05542Issue Sheet for Agent Orange Information
05543Clipping: Deaf Ear Turned to Pleas of Veterans Exposed to Dioxin
05544An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: Chemigation and Legal Liability
05545Typescript: The Political Assessment: A Congressional View, Draft
05546The Political Assessment: A Congressional View
05547What They Say about the Alsea II Study
05548Table: Agent Orange in Vietnam
05549Agent Orange Exposure Study - Decision Tree/Time Table
05550"Plaintiffs' Opposition to United States of America's Motion to Dismiss, or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgement in Re: "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation"
05551Paul Reutershan. . . And all those others so unfortunate as to have been and now to be similarly situated at risk, Plaintiffs, v. the Dow Chemical Company, Hercules Incorporated, Northwest Industries, Inc., Defendants, and the United States of America, Veterans Administration, Department of Defense, Social Security Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, as their several interests may appear
05552Handwritten Notes: Testimony to 2,4,5-T Hearings
05553Typescript: Outline of Facts to be Researched
05554Legal Notice to All Persons who Served in or Near Vietnam as Members of the Armed Forces of the United States, Australia and New Zealand from 1961-1972
05555 MAAG VN OPLAN 1 - 61 (U)
05556Handwritten Notes: Cu CHi Base Camp, 1969
05557Report on 2,4,5-T
05558Press Release: Report on 2,4,5-T
05559Letter from Monte C. Throdahl to Stuart E. Eizenstat, December 13, 1979
05560IV. The Target Air Bases
05561Letter to Patricia Roberts Harris from John H. Moxley, III, January 3, 1980
05562Progress Report
05563Letter from Joan Z. Bernstein to Stuart Eizenstat, April 4, 1980
05564Memoranda, Reports, and Press Releases Regarding and/or By the Interagency Work Group on Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants, July-August 1980
05565Quantitative Assessment of Exposure to 2,4,5-T, Silvex and TCDD
05566Summary Report of the Public Meeting of the Interagency Work Group to Study the Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants held September 22, 1980, Washington, D. C.
05567Opening Statement by John A, Moore, D. V. M., Deputy Director, National Toxicology Program, Department of Health and Human Services and Chair, Scientific Panel, Interagency Work Group to Study the Possible Long Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants, September 22, 1980
05568Memorandum to Chair, Interagency Work Group, Phenoxy Herbicides and their Contaminants, from Chair, Scientific Panel, subject: Progress Report, October 22, 1980
05569Oral Testimony of Dr. Kenneth D. Crow, November 14 and 17, 1980, Witness for Dow Chemical Company 2,4,5-T/Silvex Cancellation Proceeding
05570Charter: Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to the Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants
05571Scientific Activity Reports and Tables, 1980
05572Letter from Joan Z. Berstein to Stuart Eizenstat, January 19, 1981
05573Organizational Charts: Drafts of (Proposed) Organization of the White House Interagency Work Group, July 11 and 16, 1981
05574Agent Orange Assessment
05575Memorandum for Ann Fairbanks from George A. Keyworth, Subject: Agent Orange, July 1981
05576Press Release: HHS News, August 24, 1981
05577Press Release: HHS News, October 21, 1981, Chronology of Activities on Agent Orange
05578Minutes of the Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group, November 12, 1981
05579Statement by James S. Stockdale, Deputy Under Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services and Chair, Agent Orange Working Group of the Cabinet Council on Human Resources, before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, November 18, 1981
05580Minutes of the Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group, October 20 and 21, 1981
05581Memorandum from Chair, Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group, to Members, Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group, Subject: Minutes of December 14 Meeting and Draft Memorandum to Chair, AOWG, dated December 17, 1981
05582Letter: From Donald E. Laurin, Coordinator, Agent Orange Identification and Assistance Program, State of Wisconsin, to Barclay M. Shepard, Veterans Administration, regarding cartographic data for HERBS tape, accompanied by project summary, a letter from Barclay M. Shepard to Vernon Houk, Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel and a page of handwritten notes, dated September 29, 1981
05583Scientific Activity Reports, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), for Health and Human Services (HHS), Veterans Administration (VA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense (DoD) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
05584Memorandum from Chair, Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group, to Members, Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group, Subject: Minutes of January 27 Meeting, dated February 2, 1982
05585Memorandum: To Members of Agent Orange Working Group, from James S. Stockdale, Chair, Agent Orange Working Group, regarding Report on Status of Knowledge Regarding Agent Orange, dated February 8, 1982
05586Comments from Bart Kull, Special Assistant to the Deputy Undersecretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, HHS, Alternate Chair, Agent Orange Working Group, to National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Conference, American Legion, regarding, Agent Orange Research Overview, dated February 15, 1982, Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
05587Comments from James Stockdale, Deputy Undersecretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group, to National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Conference, American Legion, regarding, Agent Orange Update, dated February 15, 1982, Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
05588Report of Science Panel to the Agent Orange Working Group with Science Panel Review of Proposed Protocol Design for Veterans Administration Epidemiology Study, dated March 5, 1982
05589The Science Council for Research in Vietnam
05590Letter with attachment: from Alan Cranston to James Stockdale, May 3, 1982
05591Outline Report of the Agent Orange Working Group Science Panel Subcommittee on Exposure, November 1982
05592Subcommittee on Research Agenda, Report to the Agent Orange Work Group (AOWG), December 15, 1982
05593Letter from Alvin L. Young to John R. Moses, October 8, 1982
05594Documents relating to proposed and on-going health studies, 1982
05595International Symposium on Herbicides and Defoliants in War, The Long-Term Effects on Man and Nature, Ho Chi Mihn City, 13-20 January 1983
05596Notice of Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants
05597Letter from Vernon N. Houk to Carl Keller, June 22, 1983
05598Project Ranch Hand II: An Epidemiologic Investigation of Health Effects in Air Force Personnel Following Exposure to Herbicides, Baseline Mortality Study Results
05599Summary, Georgia Agent Orange Survey of Vietnam Veterans
05600Letters regarding the possibility of the study of dioxins and furans in human adipose tissue, especially in relation to Binghamton, New York, 1983
05601Memorandum to the Under Secretary/Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group from Bart Kull, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, with Subject: Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Membership and Scope and Purpose of AOWG, dated August 18, 1983
05602Letters to David Erickson from Alan Cranston, September 2, 1983, and from Richard S. Christian, September 21, 1983.
05603Letter to Steven Schatzow from Everatt Alvarez, October 14, 1983
05604Memorandum to Members, Cabinet Council Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), from Edward N. Brandt, Chair Pro-Tem, Agent Orange Working Group, with subject: Meeting of the Council Cabinet Agent Orange Working Group - December 15, 1983, dated November 18, 1983
05605Memorandum to Members of the Science Panel, AOWG, from Carl Keller, Chair Pro-Tem, Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group, with subject: Science Panel Meeting, dated November 25, 1983.
05606Minutes of December 5, 1983 Meeting
05607Memorandum to Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Assistant to the President for Policy Development, Administrator, Veterans Administration, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator, National Air and Space Administration, and Director, National Science Foundation, from Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Chairman (Acting) Cabinet Council Agent Orange Working Group, with Subject: Department of Justice Request, Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, dated December 23, 1983
05608Review of the Australian Vietnam Veterans Birth Defects Study
05609Memorandum to Members, Cabinet Council Agen[t] Orange Working Group, from Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Chair Pro Tempore, Cabinet Council Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), with Subject: Acting Chairman, [AOWG] Advisory Committee, dated January 5, 1984
05610Letter to Murphy A. Chesney from Edward N. Brandt, Jr., January 5, 1984
05611Memorandum to Members, Science Panel, Cabinet Council Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), from Peter E. M. Beach, Executive Secretary, Staff Director AOWG, with Subject: Review materials for January 26, 1984 Science Panel Meeting, dated January 11, 1984
05612International Study is Urged of Agent Orange in Vietnam
05613Minutes - Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel Meeting, January 26, 1984
05614Agent Orange and Atomic Veterans Relief Act
05615Agent Orange Deaths Found in Brazil
05616Memorandum from Edward N. Brandt to Members, Cabinet Council Agent Orange Working Group, with subject: Special Meeting of the Agent Orange Working Group - Australian Visitors, dated February 10, 1984
05617Letter from Peter E. M. Beach to Carl Keller, February 13, 1984
05618Memorandum from Edward N. Brandt, Jr. to Director, Centers for Disease Control, with subject: CDC Protocols for Studies of Vietnam Veterans, dated February 16, 1984
05619Memorandum fron Alvin L. Young to Edward N. Brandt, Jr., regarding Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Research Agenda, dated February 24, 1984 with table of Major Epidemiologic Studies of U.S. Vietnam Veterans, Agent Orange and TCDD Exposure and the Vietnam Experience Currently Ongoing in the United States
05620Memorandum from Carl Keller, Chair Pro Tem, Science Panel regarding Science Panel Meeting Agenda for March 15, 1984 with Minutes for Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel Meeting, January 26, 1984, dated February 29, 1984
05621Agenda - Cabinet Council Agent Orange Working Group Meeting (AOWG), March 5, 1984
05622Letter from Richard A. Hodder, Agent Orange Working Group Meeting (AOWG), to Alvin L. Young regarding Enclosed Reports on the Association between Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Herbicide Exposure, dated March 7, 1984
05623Minutes - Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel Meeting, March 15, 1984 with attached memorandum from Carl Keller, Chair Pro Tem, Science Panel to Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Chair Pro Tem, Agebt Orange Working Group (Cabinet Council) regarding Reports on the Association between Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Herbicide Exposure
05624Memorandum from Peter E.M.Beach, Executive Secretary, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) with letter and corrected February 21, 1984, Agent Orange Meeting Minutes, dated April 2, 1984
05625Draft typescript: Review of VVA Critique of Ranch hand Mortality Results, Science Panel, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), dated April 16, 1984
05626Summary of Proposal for a Study of Female Vietnam Veterans, dated June 20, 1984
05627Letter to Alvin L. Young from John A. Gronvall, Acting Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration with Minutes from Subcommittee on Consensus Development regarding Human Effects of Dioxin Meeting on May 2, 1984 and correspondence, dated June 22, 1984
05628The Toxicology Forum 1984 Annual Summer Meeting, July 16-20, 1984, Given Institute of Pathobiology, Aspen, Colorado
05629Memorandum to Alvin L. Young from Geoffrey Pitt regarding Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), August 15 Meeting Prior to CDC Press Release on Birth Defects and Agent Orange, dated August 16, 1984
05630Minutes - Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel Meeting, November 16, 1984 with attachments (a) Alternate Methods for Assigning Agent Orange Exposure Status to Vietnam Veterans, (b) Epidemiologic Studies of the Health of Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam Experience Study, Interim Report, November 9 ,1984, (c) Memorandum from Vernon Kouk to Edward N. Brandt, Jr. regarding Possible Study of Female Vietnam Veterans
05631"Press Release: Montgomery Says "No Way" to Change in Medical Care Eligibility, November 20, 1984"
05632Letter to Robert Diefenbach, Agent Orange Project, Center for Disease Control, from Wendy Wendler regarding CDC's study on military women exposed to Agent orange in the Vietnam era with Agent Orange Advisory Canidates, Resume and article from Arkansas Gazette, Monday November 12, 1984, dated November 26, 1984
05633Development of Chronic Hepatic Porphyria (Porphyria Cutanea Tarda) with Inherited Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase Deficiency under Exposure to Dioxin
05634Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 1972-1983
05635Special Agent Orange Chronology, Female Veterans Study ,dated March 13, 1985
05636'Ranch Hand' Veterans and Their Children
05637Draft Typescript: Agent Orange Projects Interim Report: Agent Orange Study: Exposure Assessment: Procedures and Statistical Issues
05638Status Report of Agent Orange Activities for Period of January - April 1985
05639Memorandum of Understanding: Research of Military Records in Support of Studies of the Health of Vietnam Veterans (Public Laws 96-151 and 97-72)
05640Part V, Veterans Administration: 38 CFR Parts 1 and 3, Adjudication of Claims Based on Exposure to Dioxin or Ionizing Radiation; Proposed Rules
05641Staff Memorandum: Report on the Progress of the Centers for Disease Control's Studies of the Health of Vietnam Veterans
05642Staff Memorandum: Project Ranch Hand II, Mortality Update, 1984 and Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 1972-1983
05643End to Dioxin Study Funds Asked
05644Senate Bill S. 876, [Report No. 99-101], 99th Congress, 1st Session, Calendar No. 220, Report on Federal Government Responsibility to Individuals who Served with Voluntary Civilian Organizations in Vietnam, Sec. 503 (a) (1)
05645Memorandum: To Dixon Arnett, Deputy Under Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, from Charles D. Baker, Undersecretary of Health and Human Services, regarding Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) and his departure, dated August 14, 1985
05646Senate Bill S. 1616, 99th Congress, 1st Session, To require the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide for the Conduct of an Epidemiological Study of the Gender-Specific Effect of Exposure to the Herbicide Known as Agent Orange on Women Veterans of Service in the Republic of Vietnam
05647House of Representatives Bill H.R. 3297, 99th Congress, 1st Session, To require the Administrator of the Veterans' Affairs to provide for an Epidemiological Study of the Gender-Specific Effect of Exposure to the Herbicide Known as Agent Orange on Female Veterans
05648Typesrcipt: Cabinet Council on Domestic Policy, White House Agent Orange Working Group (WHAOWG), Fact Sheet on Scientific Research of the Federal Government; Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Contact Persons; The State of Agent Orange Related Research in the Federal Government: The FY 1985 Report of the Science Panel of the Cabinet Council Agent Orange Working Group, Executive Summary
05649Correspondence regarding Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Agent Orange Study between Office of Technology Assessment, United States Senate, Veterans Administration, Department of health and Human Services, dated September to Decmber 1985
05650The Domestic Policy Council, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), Status Report
05651Letter from Alvin L. Young to Dixon Arnett, November 1, 1985
05652Exposure Assessment for the Agent Orange Study, Interim Report Number 2
05653Letter from Alvin L. Young to Carl Keller, December 3, 1985
05654Correspondence and reports relating to the CDC Agent Orange Study, 1985
05655Typescript: Some Notes on Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam
05656Is 2,3,7,8-TCDD (Dioxin) a Carcinogen for Humans?
05657Note to James O. Mason from Daniel L. McGee through Vernon N. Houk, with Subject: Roles of Review Committees for CDC's Epidemiologic Studies of the Health of Vietnam Veterans, January 8, 1986
05658Letter from Alan Cranston and Frank H. Murkowski to President Ronald W. Reagan, January 10, 1986
05659Letter from G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery and John Paul Hammerschmidt to Otis R. Bowen, January 10, 1986
05660Letter from Alan Cranston and Frank H. Murkowski to Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Agent orange Study, January 10, 1986
05661Memorandum from Carl A. Keller, Chair Science Panel to members of the Science Panel, regarding January 22 meeting with enclosures; Draft meeting minutes of December 18 with attachments, letter from John H. Gibbons,Office of Technology Assessment, to Senator Patrick Leahy, and letter from James O. Mason, Assistant Surgeon General, to Senator Frank H. Murkowski, dated January 13, 1986
05662Memorandum to Director, ESG from Maxie M. Tenberg, Chief, Scientific Support Division, Department of the Army regarding 21 January 1986 Totals - Scientific Support Division, Records Extraction and Review, dated January 22, 1986
05663Memorandum from Maxie M. Tenberg, Chief, Scientific Support Division, Department of the Army regarding Agent Orange Pilot Study, Update, Status Report, dated March 10, 1986
05664Storm in a cup of 2,4,5 -T
05665Draft Memorandum from D. Flanders to Dr. Layde regardingTCDD Exposure, possible extreme case, single encounter, with attached article; reports and tables related to Herbicide Applications by the military in Vietnam, dated March 27, 1986
05667Memorandum from Donald Ian MacDonald, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), to Don M. Newman, Chair-Designate, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), regarding sub-panel to review Exposure Assessent for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Agent Orange Study, with transmittal, dated April 1, 1986
05668Memorandum for Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment, from Alvin L. Young, regarding Recap of Action from March 28, 1986 Meeting with attachments, dated April 2, 1986
05669Memorandum to Domestic Policy Council, Agent Orange Working Group Members, Science Panel and Sub-Panel Members, from Peter E. M. Beach, Executive Secretary, Agent Orange Working Group, with Subject: Status of the work of the Sub-Panel for Evaluation for Agent Orange Exposure, April 3, 1986
05670The Epidemiology of Populations Exposed to Dioxin, Draft
05671Memorandum to Members, Domestic Policy Council, Agent Orange (AOWG), from Peter E. M. Beach, Executive Secretary, Domestic Policy Council, AOWG, with Subject: Quail Run, Missouri, Dioxin Study Briefing, dated April 9, 1986
05672ESC Pilot Study of the Main Agent Orange Epidemiological Study
05673Typescript: General Murray's Requirements
05674Memorandum for AOWG Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment, from Al Young, with Subject: Recap of Action from 10 April 1986 Meeting, dated April 11, 1986
05675Review of Epidemiologic Data on Humans Exposed to Dioxin-Contaminated Substances
05676Clippings: Newspaper articles on possible health effects of Agent Orange, April 1986
05677Memorandum for the Chairman, Agent Orange White House Subpanel on Exposure Assessment, from John E. Murray, Subject: Assessment of Perimeter Applications, dated April 18, 1986
05678Typescript: Agent Orange Pilot Study, April 21, 1986
05679Typescript: Toxicity Data on Herbicide-Related Chemicals
05680Memorandum for AOWG Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment, from Al Young, Subject: Recap of Action from 21 April 1986, dated April 30, 1986
05681Agent Orange and the Noncombatants: Women of the USO and Red Cross Seek to Prove Injury from the Chemical
05682CDC-Army Breakdown Stalls Study
05683Typescript: Proposed Structure of the Report on Exposure from the Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Agent Orange Science Panel, [April 1986]
05684Memorandum from Frank DeStefano to Acting Director, AOP, Subject: TCDD Levels in Vietnam Veterans, dated May 1, 1986
05685Report on Relevant Exposure Scenarios, draft, May 2, 1986
05686Memorandum for AOWG Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment, from Al Young, Subject: Recap of Action from 2 May 1986, dated May 9, 1986
05687"Typescript: Estimated AO Exposure from "Re-Entry" Considerations, May 19, 1986"
05688Address List and Request for Appointments Form, May 19, 1986
05689Memorandum for AOWG Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment, from Al Young, Subject: Recap of Action from 19 May 1986, dated May 22, 1986
05690Scientific Feasibility of AO Ground Troops Study
05691Recommendations for Conducting the Herbicide Orange Exposure Study of Vietnam Veterans
05692Report to the White House Agent Orange Working Group Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment
05693Draft memorandum from the Acting Director, Agent Orange Projects, to James O. Mason, Director, CDC, though Vernon N. Houk, Director, CEH, Subject: Agent Orange Study Contract Issues, dated May 27, 1986
05694Letter from John E. Murray to Alvin L. Young, May 27, 1986
05695Report of the Agent Orange Working Group Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment
05696Memorandum for Richard Johnson, from Darryl Garrett, Subject: Unauthorized Use of OSTP Stationery, dated May 29, 1986
05697Report of the Agent Orange Working Group Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment, June 3, 1986
05698Report of the AOWG Science Subpanel, June 3, 1986, Appendix I: Methodology and Results of Pilot Tests for Agent Orange Exposure Among Vietnam Veterans
05699Report of the AOWG Science Subpanel, June 3, 1986, Appendix VII: Utilization of Biological Samples to Assess Exposure to Agent Orange
05700Report of the Agent Orange Working Group Science Subpanel on Exposure Assessment
05701Recommendation for the Joint Meritorious Service Award, August 25, 1986
05702Typescript: Chapter 7: Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Law, Science and Logic, An Australian Perspective
05703Minutes of the Meeting on September 24, 1986, Science Panel of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) with attachments
05704Dioxin 86: 6th International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds, Program and Abstracts, September 16-19, 1986, Fukuoka, Japan
05705Memorandum: To Members, Domestic Policy Council, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), from Robert L. Raclin, Chair Pro Tempore, AOWG, regarding upcoming December 11, 1986, Meeting, dated November 14, 1896, agenda and a letter attached
05706Letter to Alvin L. Young, from Ronald W. Hart, Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel, with revised agenda for December 4, 1986 Meeting, dated November 25, 1986
05707Appendix: Calculation of the Amount of Dioxin Exposure of a Person Standing under a Ranch Hand Spray Mission
05708Handwritten notes related to Ranch Hand Missions and Herbicide Exposure
05709Letter to Alvin L. Young, from Ronald W. Hart, Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel, regarding Carcinogen Report reviewing, dated January 13, 1987
05710Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from John F. Young, Executive Secretary, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel, with draft copy of February 10, 1987 Meeting, dated February 23, 1987
05711Letter: To Alvin L. Young, Office of Science Technology Policy, from Ronald W. Hart, Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel, regarding Planned Meeting for May 6, 1987 and Agenda, dated April 8, 1987
05712Memorandum: To Beverly J. Berger, from Alvin L. Young, regarding Talking Paper on Agent Orange, dated April 30, 1987
05713Draft Minutes of the Meeting on May 8, 1987, Science Panel of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) with attachments
05714Draft Minutes of the Meeting on August 6, 1987, Science Panel of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) and Minutes of the Meeting on August 6, 1987, Science Panel of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG)
05715Draft Minutes of the Meeting on September 14, 1987, Science Panel of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) and Minutes of the Meeting on September 14, 1987, Science Panel of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG)
05716"Letters, Memoranda and Comments regarding review of "Proportionate Mortality Study of Army and Marine Corps Veterans of the Vietnam War"
05717"Letter: From Selected Senators and Representatives of the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, to Donald M. Newman, Chair, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), Domestic Policy Council, regarding a request for the Office of Technology Assessment review Woods, James S., et al. " Soft Tissue Sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Western Washington" in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, dated October 16 , 1987"
05718Memorandum: To, Ron Hart, Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel, From Director, Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control, regarding Discussion of Issues Related to Study of Female Vietnam Veterans, dated October 26, 1987
05719Memorandum: From Robert W. Miller, Chairman, Advisory Committee, Ranch Hand Study, to Don M. Newman, Chairman, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), regarding Report of Visit to Review the Ranch Hand Study, dated November 9 ,1987
05720"Memorandum: From Don Barnes, US EPA, to Fellow Members of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel Distribution List, regarding Trip Report on the Las Vegas "Dioxin" Meeting, dated November 13, 1987 with attachments"
05721Memorandum: From John F. Young, Executive Secretary, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel, to All Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel Members, regarding Attached Draft of November 24, 1987 Minutes, dated December 8 ,1987
05722Letter to Ralph Bledsoe, Executive Secretary, Domestic Policy Council, from Anabel Smith Bowen, Chair Pro Tempore, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Domestic Policy Council, regarding attached Department of Health and Human Services, Fact Sheet about Agent Orange and Related Health Studies, dated March 1, 1988
05723Slides for Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel Report, Ongoing and Complete Projects
05724The Domestic Policy Council, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), Status Report, prepared by the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Science Panel comprised of Agent Orange Projects Update, dated December 8 ,1986;, Agent Orange Completed Project Summary, dated April 9, 1987; and Background Document, Serum Dioxin Study of Air Force Operation Ranch Hand Veterans
05725Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG) Membership with transmittal note
05726Memorandum: From Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Chair Pro Tempore, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), to Members, Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG), regarding Functions, Operational Activities and Organization of the Agent Orange Working Group (AOWG)
05727Use of Herbicides in South Vietnam, 1961-1971
05728Typescript: Utilization of Biological Samples to Assess Exposure to Agent Orange
05729Summary of Results of Pilot Tests Among Vietnam Veterans
05730Appendix V: Toxicity Data and Exposure Estimates
05731Estimated Amounts of TCDD Exposure from a Ranch Hand Spray Mission
05732Appendix Four: Review of Epidemiologic Data on Humans Exposed to Dioxin-Contaminated Substances
05733Appendix Six: Utilization of Biological Samples to Assess Exposure to Agent Orange
05734"Typescripts: "I. Introduction" and "II. Obtaining Unit Location Information"
05735Press Release: HHS News, Draft, undated
05736Table 1: Major Epidemiologic Studies of U. S. Vietnam Veterans, Agent Orange and TCDD Exposure and the Vietnam Experience Currently Ongoing in the United States
05737Fact Sheet on Scientific Research of the Federal Government
05738Science Panel Review of Epidemiological Studies Proposed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Based on a Registry of Workers Known to Have Been Exposed to Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxins, Draft
05739Response to the AOWG Science Panel Review of the NIOSH Draft Protocol for a Mortality Study of Workers Exposed to Dioxin
05740Compilation of Information on the Federal Government and Agent Orange
05741Historical Sketch of the Agent Orange Working Group
05742Chronology of Changes in the Agent Orange Study
05743 Memorandum for the Record, Subject: Dioxin, 19 April 1978
05744Minutes of the AdHoc VACO Advisory Committee on Herbicides Meeting of July 7, 1978
05745Walter W. Melvin's Comments on the Draft Minutes of the July 7, 1978 Meeting of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Herbicides
05746Charter of New Veterans Administration Advisory Committee
05747Vietnam Veterans Forum: Agent Orange, December 6, 1978
05748Review of Draft GAO Report - Herbicide Orange, December 7, 1979
05749Tables and Calculations Regarding 2,4,5-T Exposed Forest Workers
05750Memorandum to Members, from Chairman, Subject: VA Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, July 9, 1979
05751Transcript of Proceedings in the Matter of: Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, 6/11/79 - 10/22/85
05752Agenda, membership list, memorandum and committee questions related to VA Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, June 1979
05753Letters, memoranda, reports, charter, agenda, membership list, and other documents related to VA Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, 1979
05754Letter: To General Garth B. Dettinger, Deputy Surgeon General, USAF, from Colonel J.W. Thiessen, U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Department of the Army, regarding VA Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, dated July 19, 1979 with handwritten notes regarding letter, dated July 30, 1979
05755Agenda: Conference on the Health-Related Effects of Exposure to Agent Orange, September 27-28, 1979, Hospitality House, Arlington, VA, dated September 19 ,1979, accompanied by hand-written notes
05756Agenda, Membership List, Charter and Notes related to VA Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, dated September 24, 1979
05757Letter: From Alvin L. Young, to Richard Levinson, Professional Service Office, VA Central Office, regarding shipment of Technical Report OEHL -TR -78 -92, The Toxicology, Environmental Fate and Human Risk of Herbicide Orange and Its Associated Dioxin, dated October 16, 1979
05758Letter: To Alvin L. Young, Environmental Sciences Consultant, USAF, from Richard A. Levinson, Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director for Professional Services, VA, regarding presentation at Conference on the Health-Related Effects of Exposure to Agent Orange, dated October 6, 1979
05759Memorandum: From Sherrill G. Laney, Assistant for Occupational Safety and Health, USAF, regarding attached Minutes of the DHEW-CCREP Sponsored Meeting on 2,4,5 -T/Dioxins and 2,4-D of August 24 ,1979, dated October 11, 1979
05760Trip Report - S. O. TA-1578 (21 Sep 79)
05761Letter from Alvin L. Young to C. P. V. DeJesus, November 6, 1979
05762Working Paper Draft: Criteria for Determining Exposure Levels of Military Personnel to Dioxin and Herbicide Orange During Vietnam
05763Major Points of Controversy in the Agent Orange Issue
05764Press Releases: VA News Releases May 29, 1979 - February 26, 1980
05765Minutes: Agent Orange Meeting at Saint Louis VA Medical Center, January 8, 1980
05766Trip Report - TA-16 (3 Jan 80)
05767Minutes: Herbicide Orange Meeting at Saint Louis VA Medical Center, February 4-5, 1980
05768Letter from F. A. Zacharewicz to Alvin L. Young, March 7, 1980
05769Herbicide Orange Questionaire, Rough Draft
05770Letter to Alvin L. Young from F. A. Zacharewicz, April 19, 1980
05771Letter to Alvin L. Young from F. A. Zacharewicz, June 26, 1980
05772Summary Report of the Public Meeting of the Interagency Work Group to Study the Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants held September 22, 1980, Washington, D. C.
05773Handwritten Notes on VA Meeting, Tuesday 3 February 1981
05774Correspondence Regarding Assignment of Alvin L. Young to the Veterans Administration for a Two-Year Term, February 26, 1981
05775Letter from Juan A. del Real to Martin Anderson, April 24, 1981
05776Briefing Notes: Briefing to Dr. Custis/Acting General Counsel, 11 Sept 1981
05777Review of Literature on Herbicides, Including Phenoxy Herbicides and Associated Dioxins, Volume I: Analysis of Literature
05778Review of Literature on Herbicides, Including Phenoxy Herbicides and Associated Dioxins, Volume II: Annotated Bibliography
05779Preliminary Materials and Notes for An International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds, October 25-29, 1981, Arlington, Virginia
05780News Clippings, 11/12/81 - 6/84
05781Memorandum to Alvin L. Young from Frederic L. Conway, subject: Agent Orange Litigation, dated March 18, 1982
05782Letters from Joan M. Maiman to Alvin L. Young and Barclay Shepard, October 5, 1982
05783Letter from Michael O'Grady to Alvin L. Young, November 24, 1982
05784Letter from Alvin L. Young to Joan Maiman, November 24, 1982
05785Veterans Administration information for Vietnam Veterans, 1982
05786Research Guidelines for Laboratory Safety and Waste Management of TCDD
05787VA Agent Orange Review, November 1982 - October 1989
05788Agenda: Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides Meeting, September 1, 1983 with additional agendas for Subcommittee on Epidemiology/Biostatistics and Subcommittee on Veterans' Education/Information and Membership List
05789Memorandum: To F. Edward McDonald, Chief of Field Service, From Mark D. Regan, National Field Representative, The American Legion, regarding Agent Orange Processing - VAMC Lebanon, Pennsylvania, dated February 15, 1983
05790Memoranda: Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, dated February 24, 1983, regarding Retrospective Study of Dioxins and Furans in Adipose Tissue, VA Environmental Medicine Monograph Series, CSP Number 256 (VETS) Tentative Budget FY '83- FY '85, Human and Environmental Risks of the Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds
05791Clipping: At Work: VA Medical Director Has Cabinet-Size Job
05792Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from T.L. Lavy, Professor, College of Agriculture and Home Economics - Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, regarding chapter drafts, dated March 22, 1983
05793Memorandum: To Acting Director, Agent Orange Projects Office (10A7), Veterans Administration, from Han K. Kang, Chief, Research Section Agent Orange Projects Office (10A7B), regarding Malignant Neoplasm Cases in the Agent Orange Registry with attachments, dated April 14, 1983
05794Table: Agent Orange Claims, dated May 1, 1983
05795Letter: To Acting Director, Agent Orange Projects Office (10A7), Veterans Administration, from Han K. Kang, Chief, Research Section Agent Orange Projects Office (10A7B), regarding Review of the Wisconsin Female Vietnam Veteran Study and Wisconsin Veteran Mortality Study, dated May 6, 1983
05796"Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from Gerald C. Bender, Jr., Director, Agent Orange Information and Assistance Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, State of Minnesota, regarding draft of "The Agent Orange Controversy" for pre-publication criticism, dated July 25, 1983"
05797Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from T.L. Lavy, Professor, College of Agriculture and Home Economics - Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, regarding chapter drafts, dated July 27, 1983
05798"A Pathfinder on Herbicides, Including Phenoxy Herbicides and Associated Dioxins or "Agent Orange": Bibliography of VA Central Office Library Holdings including Vertical File Collection"
05799Memorandum: To Alvin L. Young, from Larry R. Moen, Deputy Director, Office of Public and Consumer Affairs, Veterans Administration, regarding OPCA Area Directors Conference, Request for Remarks, dated August 8 ,1983
05800Letter: To Harry Walters, Administrator, Veterans Administration, from Renata Laxova, Director, Clinical Genetics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, regarding Wisconsin Female Veterans study, dated August 11, 1983
05801Table: Summary of Specifically Solicited Agent Orange Related Research; Current Funding, Future Obligations, and Termination Dates, dated August 22, 1983
05802GAO Request, August 30, 1983
05803Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from Robert H. Wheater, Assistant Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Program, American Medical Association, regarding Agent Orange Panel Meetings, dated September 15, 1983, with attachments
05804Information regarding Agent Orange Projects Office, dated September 30 ,1983
05805Activities Relating to Act 201, Eleventh Legislature, State of Hawaii (1982): Agent Orange: Veterans and Refugees
05806Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from Mark Platte, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, regarding Agent Orange article, dated October 10 ,1983 with Agent Orange Projects Office Inquiry Summary
05807Brochure: Agent Orange
05808Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from Allen Blakey, E. Bruce Harrison Company, Inc. regarding Attached Memorandum about Interview with Alvin L. Young to Clients from EBH Research Department, dated October 6, 1983, letter dated October 14, 1983
05809Agenda, Minutes, Tables, Notes, Budget I, Photographs and Negatives: From Veterans Administration Chloracne Task Force
05810VA's Agent Orange Tape Hit
05811Letter: To Alvin L. Young, from T.L. Lavy, Professor, regarding book drafts on disk, dated November 30, 1983
05812Memorandum: To Specialist in Environmental Sciences and others, from Director, Agent Orange Projects Office, regarding Establishment of AOPO Read File, dated December 14 ,1983
05813Report of Contact by Paula Piersall and Memorandum: To Director, Agent Orange Projects Office (AOPO), Barclay Shepard, from GAO Evaluator -in-Charge, HRD, Judy Shelly, regarding Scope and Methodology for Reviewing VA's Agent Orange Examination Program; dated December 19 ,1983
05814VA Advisory Committee on Womens Veterans, 1983-1984
05815"Letter: To Barclay M. Shepard, Agent Orange projects Office, Veterans Administration, from Sheldon L. Wagner, professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Oregon State University, regarding review of Dr. Lavy's draft for "Human Exposure to Phenoxy Herbicides", dated January 11, 1984"
05816Summary and Background: A Study of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Central Eastern Michigan, dated February 11, 1984
05817"Letter: From Walter W. Melvin, Professor, Environmental Health Science, Colorado State University, to Barclay M. Shepard, Director, Agent Orange Projects Office, regarding review of manuscript for "Agricultural and Military Uses, Biological Effects and Environmental Fate of Cacodylic Acid" by Ronald D. Hood, dated February 27, 1984"
05818Agenda and attachments: Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides, March 6, 1984, Meeting
05819Commander's / President's Update on Agent Orange
05820Memorandum: To M.B. Oglesby, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, from David A. Cole, Associate Deputy Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, regarding Activities: Week of June 4-8 ,1984, dated June 1, 1984
05821Tentative Agenda for Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides Meeting, June 5, 1984
05822Memoranda regarding Workload and Staffing for the Agent Orange Projects Office, June 11, 1984, June 27, 1984, and August 7, 1984
05823Letter from Alan Cranston to Barclay Shepard, August 15, 1984
05824Tentative Agenda for Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides Meeting, September 12, 1984
05825Memorandum from David A. Cole, Associate Deputy Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs to M. B. Oglesby, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, subject: Activities: Week of October 8-12, 1984, dated October 5, 1984
05826Letter from T. L. Lavy to Alvin L. Young, November 21, 1984
05827Typescript: Human Exposure to Phenoxy Herbicides
05828Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards, December 1984
05829Letter from Harry N. Walters to Alvin L. Young, July 16, 1985
05830Typescript: Veterans Administration Agent Orange Continuing Education Workshop, August 20, 1985
05831Typescript: White Paper: Impact of Abolishing or Relocating the Research Section, Agent Orange Projects Office, Department of Medicine and Surgery
05832Letter from Barclay Shepard to Yoshito Masuda, May 22, 1986
05833Review of Literature on Herbicides, Including Phenoxy Herbicides and Associated Dioxins, Volume IX: Analysis of Recent Literature on Health Effects and Volume X: Annotated Bibliography of recent Literature on Health Effects
05834Letter from William R. True to Alvin L. Young, August 6, 1987
05835Agent Orange Briefs 1-13, October 1988
05836Memorandum from Donald J. Rosenblum, Committee Manager, Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides to Interested Parties, subject: Minutes; Next Meeting of Advisory Committee, dated May 22, 1989
05837Review of Literature on Herbicides, Including Phenoxy Herbicides and Associated Dioxins, Volume XIII: Analysis of Recent Literature on Health Effects and Volume XIV: Annotated Bibliography of recent Literature on Health Effects
05838Agent Orange and Veterans' Health
05839Calculations for the Adipose Tissue Study [n.d.]
05840Questions and Answers About Agent Orange

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