A new ProPublica analysis has found that the odds of having a child born with birth defects were more than a third higher for veterans exposed The Vietnam Red Cross estimates that Agent Orange has affected 3 million people spanning three generations, including at least 150,000 children born with severe birth defects since the war ended Results In total, 22 studies including 13 Vietnamese and nine nonVietnamese studies were identified The summary relative risk (RR) of birth defects associated with exposure to Agent Orange was 195 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 159–239, with substantial heterogeneity across studies
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