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FPCD-80-23 1 (1979-11-16)

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REPORT BnY TE



Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED ST/TES




U.S. Ground Troops In South Vietnam Were

in Areas Sprayed With Herbicide Orange




Between 1966 and 1969 a large number of
U.S. ground troops in Vietnam were in areas
sprayed with herbicide orange both during
and shortly dter spraying. DOD took few
precautions to prevent exposu-e because at
that time it did oot consider the herbicide
to be toxic or dangerous to humans

Marines assigned to units in sprayed areas can
be identified, but Army personnel cannot
because Army   records are incomplete.
Troops' actual exposure or the degree of
exposure to the herbicide cannot be doc-
umented from available records. Also, the
long-term effects of exposure remain largely
unknown.

The Congress sho,,ld direct DOD, VA, HEW,
or the Environmental Protection Agency to
determine whether a study is needed of the
health effects of herbicide orange on ground
troops discussed in this report.

GAO issued this report at the request of
Senator Charles Percy, Ranking Minority
Member of the Permanent Subcommittee
on  Investigations, Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs.



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                                                                       FPCD-O-23
                                                               NOVEMBER 16, 1979


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