Vietnam Veterans of America - New Jersey State Council
559 West Ninth Street
Roselle, NJ 07203-2450
Phone: 908-803-1671
Fax: 908-298-1588
Service Officer
Margaret Wojciechowicz
20 Washington Place, Room 437
Newark, New Jersey 07102
973-297-3227
Last Update: 10/17/2022
Military Exposure to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Research- Under Contruction
Some of these websites and PDFs have thousands of research documents, reports and additional links for any researcher interested in pursuing a more complete understanding of human herbicide exposure and its affects.
New List of Agent Orange Test and Storage Sites Omits More than 40 Previously Identified Locations
Study Results on New Agent Orange Diseases Not Expected Until ‘Late 2020’ says VA Secretary
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019; Public Law 116-23; Agent Orange Related Presumptive condition; 38 CFR 3.309(e); See Also This
The List of Military Sites with Suspected ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination has Grown
Legislation Doubles Time for Healthcare Coverage of Veterans' Newborns
Tester to VA: ‘End the Wait’ for Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
VA Rejects Claim of Tampa Veteran Who Says He Was Sprayed by Agent Orange
VA Extends Agent Orange Presumption to ‘Blue Water Navy' Veterans
Navy & Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents
New Legislation Would Recognize Nine More Diseases Caused by Agent Orange
Sprayed and Betrayed: Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange Feel Abandoned by VA (YouTube)
Reliving Agent Orange: Charles Marshen was 'Drenched in the Defoliant' (YouTube)
Agent Orange Aftermath - Vietnam Veterans Speak Out – Vietnam: The Secret Agent (YouTube)
What Agent Orange Does to The Body (YouTube)
Reliving Agent Orange: Blue Water Navy Veteran Jim Smith (YouTube)
The Children of Agent Orange (YouTube)
Impacts Being Seen in Grandchildren of Vietnam War Veterans, is it Agent Orange? (YouTube)
The Children of Agent Orange (YouTube)
The Dark Shadow of Agent Orange | Retro Report | The New York Times (YouTube)
What is Agent Orange? | History (YouTube)
Reliving Agent Orange: What the Children of Vietnam Vets Have to Say (YouTube)
Aug 30, 2018 – VA Cites Slow-Rolled Agent Orange Report to Oppose Spina Bifida Bill
May 18, 2018 – Impacts Being Seen in Grandchildren of Vietnam War Veterans, is it Agent Orange?
Dec 14, 2017 – Health and Medicine Division Reports on Agent Orange
Nov 3, 2017 – Blue Water Navy Vets Foiled Again House Committee Tables H.R. 299
Nov 1, 2017 – Statement from Secretary of Veterans Affairs on Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions
Agent Orange/Dioxin Committee Report for the Veteran
Oct 25, 2017 – I just got back from the October 2017 BOD Meeting which was very busy for my committee. Our Thursday the Pre-committee Meeting in the VVA National Library was very well attended by many. This meeting is open to all to speak with their ideas and knowledge on this toxic issue. The next day was the main committee meeting which was also well attended. We had 2 speakers at the beginning of the meeting. Dyland Chandler of Congressman Valodo, Calif. updated us on the progress of the Blue Water Navy legislation HR299. On the telephone hook- up we had in place at the meeting was John Wells who has been leading that legislation. We will in VVA continue on doing call-in days to help that legislation to move along. Colt Romberger of Expedition Agent Orange also updated the committee on his progress on riding his horse across America in honor of his father and all veterans that have problems due to their exposure to Agent Orange. We also had an update from Wes Carter on the C-123 issue on our telephone set up. Mokie Porter and I updated the committee on our attendance at the NASME that came to Minnesota for their meeting on the issue. They have been tasked to gather research for the VA who now is tasked to do the S901 legislation on the children and grandchildren. We have thus far completed about 400 town hall meetings all- across America. We must, continue on doing the town halls for veterans and their families that have not heard of the problems that we all have with our kids. It is an educational process at this time. Also, keeping in mind the modern-day warriors who also have been exposed to many toxic substances. We need to take them under our wing to educate them also. Our committee meetings of 2 hours is never enough on this issue as there is much work to be done. I believe the road will be very long on this issue, perhaps until the good Lord calls us home. At that time our young brothers and sisters will need to take over our mission. Much has been coming out on toxic substances left behind on former bases all across America and all over the world where the USA had military bases. These issues need to be addressed also. What a mess that we have left behind for someone to clean up. We have accomplished much though VVA thus far. Being in the 4th quarter of our lives we have limited time to do more and will. We are the veterans group that have started this base education on toxic substances and will continue on as long as we can. I just want to thank everybody for their hard work, as we are a team. A team that gets the job done.
Maynard Kaderlik,
VVA National Agent Orange Committee Chair
507-581-6402Sep 27, 2017 – 6 Disturbing Takeaways from a New Investigation into Toxic Pollution on Bases
Aug 10, 2017 – C123K Veteran Agent Orange Exposure 1972-1982
Jun 12, 2017 – ProPublica Hammers VA Over Recent Agent Orange Science Rejection
Dec 2, 2016 – Agent Orange Controversy in the Republic of South Korea (PDF)
Mar 20, 2016 – VA Environmental Exposures Registries for Veterans Evaluation (PDF)
Jul 1, 2015 – Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request: VHA-15-05069-F (PDF)
Jun 20, 2010 – VA Quietly Giving Benefits to Marines Exposed to Toxic Water
Apr 29, 2008 – Statistical Information About Casualties of the Vietnam War