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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Recorded presentation

Richard Clapp, DSc, School of Public Health, Boston University, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, 6176384731, rclapp@bu.edu

There has been considerable controversy about health damage in humans caused by dioxins such as the dioxin found in some herbicides including Agent Orange. The peer reviewed scientific publications addressing this issue now conclusively point to dioxin and also some herbicides causing serious health effects in humans. These include cancer, immune deficiency, central and peripheral nervous system damage, reproductive and developmental damage, endocrine disruption and sometimes death from ischemic cardiovascular disease, and other pathologies. Humans, like other vertebrates and mammals, respond to dioxins in a similar fashion.

Learning Objectives:

• Epidemiology of dioxins will be summarized.
• Epidemiology of herbicides will be summarized and reviewed.
• Review of toxicology studies will be presented.
• Review of major incidents showing human health effects from dioxins will be presented.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation