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Agent Orange - Graves' Disease
Agent Orange Exposure Linked to Graves' Disease in Vietnam Veterans, UB Study Finds
June 28, 2010 Vietnam War-era veterans exposed to Agent Orange appear to have significantly more Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder, than veterans with no exposure, a new study by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown.
Ajay Varanasi, MD, an endocrinology fellow in the UB Department of Medicine and first author on the study, garnered first prize in the oral presentation category for this research at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists annual meeting held in Boston in April.
"Our findings show that Vietnam veterans who came in contact with Agent Orange are more likely to develop Graves' disease than those who avoided exposure," says Varanasi.
"The autoimmune disorder was three times more prevalent among veterans who encountered the dioxin-containing chemical. We also looked at other thyroid diagnoses, but we didn't find any significant differences in thyroid cancer or nodules." Continued
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I never heard of this disease before, so immediately checked wikipedia.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Graves_Disease
The page explains that this disease can have many (enough) symptoms, but also effects on the skeleton.
If this has happened with U.S. veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, then I wonder how the statistics are for the Vietnamese people. Without knowing any related statistics, I think that surely more or many more of the Vietnamese people have been exposed to this toxic chemical compound from hell made in and by the USA.
Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign