The Nation - News from Sept. 2, 1987

Veterans groups said that government scientists should examine new methods for studying effects of Agent Orange exposure on soldiers in the Vietnam War rather than abandon a congressionally ordered study. The federal Centers for Disease Control has told government officials it cannot find enough former ground soldiers in Vietnam who were exposed to the herbicide to do a scientifically valid study. Some organizations representing the nearly 3 million soldiers who served in Vietnam disputed the conclusion, however, and complained that federal scientists drew their study plans so narrowly that many veterans were excluded.