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Oregon State University,
believes that Van Strum and
O'Brien have greatly exag
gerated the effects of dioxins.
“The probability of miscar
riages being caused by dioxins
is zero,” Newton said. “The
scientific community is in
remarkable agreement on this
subject. Controversy doesn’t ex
ist among scientists working in
this field.”
Newton further believes that
dioxin-contaminated herbicides
expose people to such small
levels of the compound that its
overall health effects are
minimal.
“Natural fires, stove fires,
gasoline engines, and steaks on
a coal fire all produce dioxins,”
he said. “The concentration of
dioxin on foliage produced by
2,4,5-T is much lower than on a
char-broiled steak.”
The Agent Orange factor
However, Van Strum con
tends that the EPA has data that
support her claim that dioxins
do present a health danger. But
the EPA fears the consequences
of releasing the data, she said.
"It all relates back to Agent
Orange and Vietnam veterans,"
Van Strum said. “Many of the
chemicals we were exposed to
around Five Rivers are the same
chemicals that were used in
Vietnam. If the EPA were to
uinr iksi resuiis, lilt;
government would have to face
a whole new bunch of Agent
Orange-related claims.”
During the Vietnam War, the
U.S. Army mixed 2,4.5-T with
the herbicide 2,4-D and sprayed
the mixture on the Vietnamese
countryside. The compound
was used to defoliate Vietnam’s
jungles and deny cover to the
Viet Cong and the North Viet
namese Army.
The mixture received the
name Agent Orange because of
the bands of orange painted on
the barrels containing the
herbicide.
Thousands of Vietnam War
veterans claim that their 'ex
posure to Agent Orange has
lead to a wide variety of health
problems, including severe skin
rashes, respiratory problems,
birth defects in their offspring,
and ah increased risk of
developing cancer.
The Army ended its use of
Agent Orange in 1970, but the
EFA didn't suspend the
domestic use of 2,4,5-T until
1979, Van Strum said.
"The results of the EPA
studies lend support to our
claims and those that veterans
have made against Agent
Orange," she said. "All we
want is to see those results.”
The Merrell-Van Strum
lawsuit is still pending in
federal court.
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