Operation Ranch Hand

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A herbicide-spraying program carried out during the Vietnam conflict between 1962 and 1971 that primarily used Agent Orange, but also Agents Blue, Green, Pink, Purple and White
Exposure effects US servicemen exposed to the Agent Orange have a 50% increase in skin cancer, predominantly BCC. The Vietnamese exposed to the herbicides fared far worse. A meta-anlysis found a 3-fold greater incidence of major birth defects in children born to parents with high levels of exposure to Agent Orange

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No references found			BACKGROUND: Operation Ranch Hand veterans were involved in spraying herbicides, including Agent Orange, during the Vietnam War in 1962-1971; Agent Orange was contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Serum dioxin, testosterone, and subsequent risk of benign prostatic ... by Michalek, Joel E. / Environmental Health Perspectives The Air Force study is based on exhaustive health evaluations performed every five years since 1982 on veterans of Operation Ranch Hand, the Air Force operation that sprayed 90 percent of all the Agent Orange herbicide used in Vietnam. Vietnam Flashback by Fumento, Michael / Reason Agent Orange and 14 other herbicides were used during the US military's Operation Ranch Hand from 1962 until 1971. Petrified forests: Jim Trautman investigates the devastating effects ... by Trautman, Jim / New Internationalist			opening abductory wedge osteotomy opening click opening movement opening of ileocecal valve opening pressure opening snap opening wedge osteotomy opening, vertical openness OPERA operable operant operant conditioning operant level operate operating operating field operating microscope operating room operating room technician operating system operating team operating telescope operation Operation Hippocrates Operation Ranch Hand operationalization of behavior operations research operative operative cholangiography operative dental surgeon operative dentistry operative mortality operative report operator operator gene operator-dependent operatory opercular fold operculectomy operculitis operculum operon ophiasis ophid- Ophidascaris Ophidia ophidian ophidiophobia ophidism Ophionyssus			operation part Operation Patriot Readiness Operation Peace Through Unity Operation Phoenix Operation plan operation plan in concept format Operation Plan Package Appraisal Operation Planning Group Operation Planning Module Operation Planning Report Operation Plans Steering Group Operation Point Operation Politically Homeless Operation Primary Physical Science Operation Process Chart Operation Process Chart Operation Process Plan Operation Production Control Support Operation Progress and Alert Operation Protect A Child Today Operation Protocol Data Unit Operation Provide Comfort Operation Quebec Printemps Operation Quiet Comfort Operation Ranch Hand Operation Ranchhand Operation Rathole Operation Rathole Operation Rathole Operation Reach All Secondary Schools Operation Readiness Plan Operation Ready Center Operation Register Operation Register Operation Report Conversion Operation Request Block Operation Rescue National Operation Rescue West Operation research Operation research Operation research Operation research Operation Research Group Operation Resource Reliance/Filtered Survivable Schedules Operation Respond Emergency Information System Operation Restore Hope Operation Restore Maximum Freedom Operation Restore Trust Operation Result Status Operation Right To Know Operation Room Technician Operation Round Up Operation Safe Commerce Operation Safer Streets

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