Possible link: Agent Orange, leukemia
WASHINGTON (AP) - The dangerous after effects of the chemical Agent Orange used in Vietnam may have extended to the children of veterans of that war. The Institute of Medicine reported Thursday that the children of veterans exposed to herbicides such as Agent Orange seem to have a greater chance of being afflicted with a certain type of leukemia called acute myelogenous leukemia. The new analysis makes the first connection between the childhood disease and the pesticide, although it stops short of saying the link is conclusive.
