The Nation - News from Feb. 12, 1985
There is no evidence so far that the death rate for Air Force personnel who handled the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War is higher than that for the general population, the Air Force said. A second Air Force analysis of the mortality rate among 1,256 individuals studied said that they “are living significantly longer than expected” when compared to the American white male population.
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