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Agent Orange Footprint Still Visible in Rural Areas of Central Vietnam
Joint Authors
Banout, Jan
Urban, Ondrej
Musil, Vojtech
Szakova, Jirina
Balik, Jiri
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Levels of polychlorinated dioxins/furans (PCDD/PCDF) in selected environmental samples (soils, sediments, fish, and farm animals) were analyzed from the area of Phong My commune (Thua Thien-Hue province, Vietnam).
This area was affected by Agent Orange spraying during the Vietnam war (1968–1971).
Whereas PCDD/PCDF content in soil and sediment samples is relatively low and ranges between 0.05 and 5.1 pg WHO-TEQ/g for soils and between 0.7 and 6.4 pg WHO-TEQ/g for sediments, the PCDD/PCDF content in poultry muscle and liver in most cases exceeded the maximum permissible limit of dioxin content per unit fat mass.
In some cases of soil and sediments samples, 2,3,7,8-TCDD represented more than 90% of the total PCDD/PCDF, which indicates Agent Orange as the main source.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Banout, Jan& Urban, Ondrej& Musil, Vojtech& Szakova, Jirina& Balik, Jiri. 2014. Agent Orange Footprint Still Visible in Rural Areas of Central Vietnam. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Banout, Jan…[et al.]. Agent Orange Footprint Still Visible in Rural Areas of Central Vietnam. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Banout, Jan& Urban, Ondrej& Musil, Vojtech& Szakova, Jirina& Balik, Jiri. Agent Orange Footprint Still Visible in Rural Areas of Central Vietnam. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1040569
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1040569