Public Health
Publications & Reports on Military Exposures
VA has developed newsletters, reports, and other publications for Veterans, the public and health care providers on the following topics:
- Environmental Health Registry Fact Sheet
- Agent Orange
- Military Exposures and Your Health
- Gulf War
- Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn
- Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits
- Radiation
- Depleted Uranium
- Project 112/Project SHAD
- Guides for Clinicians
Environmental Health Registry Fact Sheet
Environmental Health Registry Evaluations for Veterans fact sheet (399 KB, PDF) Overview of registry programs for Veterans who may have been exposed to certain environmental hazards during their military service, including the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, Agent Orange Registry, Gulf War Registry, Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program, Ionizing Radiation Registry, and Toxic Embedded Fragment Surveillance Center.
Agent Orange
View Agent Orange publications, including newsletters, posters, and reports.
Newsletter: Agent Orange Newsletter 2020
Military Exposures and Your Health
View Military Exposures and Your Health newsletter. This newsletter replaces the Gulf War Newsletter and Post-9/11 Vet Newsletter and is for Veterans who served from 1990 to the present and their families.
Newsletter: Military Exposures and Your Health Newsletter 2020 - Issue #3
Gulf War
View Gulf War publications, including newsletters, posters, and reports.
Newsletter: Gulf War Newsletter 2019
Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn
View OEF/OIF/OND exposures publications, including newsletters, posters, and clinical guides.
Newsletter: Post-9/11 Vet 2018
Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits
Airborne Hazards & Open Burn Pit Registry Fact Sheet (403 KB, PDF)
Clinician's Guide to Airborne Hazards (9.47 MB, PDF)
10 Things to Know About Burn Pits (327 MB, PDF)
Radiation
View radiation publications, including newsletters, brochures, and a clinical guide.
Newsletter: Ionizing Radiation Review March 2012
Depleted Uranium
View publications on depleted uranium and the Depleted Uranium Follow-Up Program.
Project 112/Project SHAD
View Project 112/Project SHAD publications, including fact sheets and a clinical guide.
Guides for Clinicians
These guides help health care providers care for Veterans with military exposure concerns.
- VA Environmental Health Registry Programs and Evaluations for Veterans (250 KB, PDF)
- Environmental Exposure Pocket Card (630 KB, PDF)
- Clinician's Guide to Airborne Hazards (9.47 MB, PDF)
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