[Ngo-sanrm] Biology Thesis about the biology of Agent Orange

Wed Jul 3 03:13:23 ICT 2013

There is a huge amount of research on Agent Orange and its dioxin contaminant.

There is relatively little health or biology research on dioxins done in Vietnam to date. Some, but not anywhere near the amount done elsewhere where there was not war, poverty and disease.

You might wish to read the book, Dioxins and Health, 3rd Ed, Ed. Arnold Schecter, Wiley,, 2012 to get an orientation to Vietnam, Agent Orange, dioxins and similar chemicals.

Please let us know the answers to the questions Chuck Palazzo sent you. I too am curious to learn more about you.

Regards and best wishes,

Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH, Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Program
University of Texas School of Public Health
Dallas Regional Campus
Dallas, TX
Phone: 214.336.8519
General Office Phone: 214.648.1080

From: Chuck Palazzo [mailto:chuck_pal at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 9:14 PM
To: Constance McDonough-Thayer; AO Working Group; SANRM ngocenter
Cc: Marie Helene Lavallard; Len Aldis; Chuck Searcy; Margrit Schlosser; Lady Borton; Arnold Schecter; Wayne Dwernychuk; DAVA Tien; Senior Colonel Dr. Tam; vava at vava.org.vn; Hien Nguyen; Col. Minh Y; Heather A. Bowser; Kim Browne; Ken Young; Kenneth J Herrmann Jr; Toan Bui Van; Tran Tuyet Hanh (SKMT); Eric Frater
Subject: Biology Thesis about the biology of Agent Orange

Dear Connie,

This is great work, you have set out to do.  Best of luck with your project and I will help you as best as I can. By the way, which University do you attend and what are your plans post-grad?

I am copying the people in Vietnam as well as internationally who, in my opinion, are the most knowledgeable about Agent Orange and its affects on the human body, genetics as well as the environment - and likely, biology of same.

I encourage this project, Connie - Vietnamese as well as my fellow Americans continue to die each day as a result of Agent Orange - and we are now well in to the 4th generation of this incredible nightmare.

Thanks and hope to see you soon.

Stay safe.
Chuck

Hi Chuck!

I am working on my senior thesis for my undergrad (I am studying biology and applied math), and have decided to write about the biology of Agent Orange and social injustice of herbicidal warfare. This is my third time in Da Nang and I've met some incredible people on my trips, but I am trying to find a biologist who has studied the effects of Agent Orange in Da Nang. I work at the Red Cross orphanage, a social support center by the bus stop, and two of the centers for victims of Agent Orange and I have spent a bit of time at Peace Village in Tam Ky, but it has been difficult for me to get information from those placements. I have several questions about how the government declares that someone's disability stems from dioxin as well as what the protocol is for care once one has been stamped a victim of Agent Orange. I am also curious as to how many of the children effected are ill from exposure in their own lives (living in an area with a high concentration of dioxin in the soil) or whether their disability is genetic and comes from the base pair of their grandparents, etc. being mutated from high exposure.

I'm working on my Vietnamese, but is not good yet! I would love to sit down an talk to you for a bit whenever you have the time.

Thank you!

Connie

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Chuck Palazzo
Agent Orange Action Group
http://aoag.org/
Hoa Binh Chapter, Veterans For Peace
http://vfp-vn.ning.com/

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