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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10603.
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APPENDIX A

Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Fourth Biennial Update)

FIRST PUBLIC MEETING

Wednesday, April 3, 2002

Board Room, NAS Building

Washington, D.C.

Presentations

  • Welcome, opening remarks, and introductions

    Irva Hertz-Picciott, PhD

    Committee Chair

  • Charge to the committee

    Mark Brown, PhD

    Director, Environmental Agents Service

    Department of Veterans Affairs

    Washington, D.C.

  • Recent data from Ranch Hand Studies

    Joel Michalek, PhD

    Principal Investigator, Air Force Research Laboratory

    Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10603.
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  • Husband's death and Agent Orange

    Jennie LeFevre

    Shady Side, Maryland

  • Veterans' health problems, heart disease, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, soft knots covering body, chloracne

    Shelia Winsett (testimony presented by Jennie LeFevre)

    Jasper, Alabama

  • Testimony on the behalf of Vietnam Veterans of America

    Rick Weidman

    Director of Government Relations

    Vietnam Veterans of American

    Silver Spring, Maryland

SECOND PUBLIC MEETING

Monday, September 9, 2002

Board Room, Hilton Hotel

Seattle, WA

Presentations

  • Glioblastomas in Vietnam Veterans

    Danna Hughes (testimony presented by Darren Driggs)

    President, Vietnam Veterans Wives

    Republic, WA

  • Glioblastomas and Diabetes and Agent Orange

    Michael Sallis

    President and Volunteer Service Officer

    Grant County Veterans Association

    Moses Lake, WA

  • Written testimony was submitted by Julie Cummings, Silverthorne, Colorado

  • Public input and discussion among session participants

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10603.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings." Institute of Medicine. 2003. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10603.
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This book updates and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding statistical associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam, focusing on new scientific studies and literature.

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