Diseases
associated with dioxin exposure:
Diseases
associated with dioxin exposure are chloracne, soft tissue sarcomas, Hodgkin's
lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A link has also been found to diabetes, in
a study by the Institute of Medicine.
Diseases with
limited evidence of an association with Agent Orange are respiratory cancers,
prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, Porphyria cutanea tarda (a type of skin
disease), acute and subacute transient peripheral neuropathy, spina bifida, Type
2 diabetes, and acute myelogenous leukemia found only in the second or third
generation.
Diseases with
inadequate or insufficient evidence of an association are hepatobiliary cancers,
nasal or nasophargyngeal cancers, bone cancer, female reproductive cancers,
renal cancer, testicular cancer, leukemia, spontaneous abortion, birth defects,
neonatal or infant death and stillbirths, low birth weight, childhood cancers,
abnormal sperm parameters, cognitive neuropsychiatric disorders, ataxia,
peripheral nervous system disorders, circulatory disorders, respiratory
disorders, skin cancers, urinary and bladder cancer.
Diseases with
limited or suggestive evidence of no association are gastrointestinal tumors
such as stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, and rectal cancer, and
brain tumors.