Diseases Caused By Exposure To 
      Agent Orange, Agent Purple & Agent White
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The following list of diseases are officially recognized by the United States Institute of Medicine (IOM) as being caused by exposure to Agent Orange and Agent Purple, both of which contained 2,4-D + 2,4,5-T.

The most lethal chemical in the world is TCDD  - 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin which was contained in both Agent Orange and Agent Purple

However, this is an extremely restrictive list and only covers diseases caused by Agent Orange and/or Agent Purple because of the contamination of 2,4,5-T.

The IOM does not include any diseases caused by Agent White (Tordon products that were contaminated with Hexachlorobenzene). The following are caused by Agent Orange and Agent Purple.  

• Chloracne or other acneform disease consistent with chloracne.
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Diabetes Type 2
• Hodgkin’s disease.
• Multiple myeloma.
• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
• Acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy.
• Porphyria cutanea tarda.
• Prostate cancer.
• Respiratory cancers (cancer of the lung, bronchus, larynx, or trachea).
• Soft-tissue sarcoma (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, or mesothelioma).

 The list of soft tissue sarcomas includes:

• Adult Fibrosarcoma
• Alveolar soft part sarcoma
• Angiosarcoma
• Clear cell sarcoma of aponeuroses
• Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses
• Congenital fibrosarcoma
• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
• Ectomesenchymoma
• Epithelioid malignant leiomyosarcoma
• Epithelioid and glandular malignant schwannomas
• Epithelioid sarcoma
• Extraskeletal ewing’s sarcoma
• Hemangiosarcoma
• Infantile fibrosarcoma
• Leiomyosarcoma
• Liposarcoma
• Lymphangiosarcoma
• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
• Malignant giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath
• Malignant glandular schwannoma
• Malignant glomus tumor
• Malignant hemangiopericytoma
• Malignant mesenchymoma
• Malignant ganglioneuroma
• Malignant granular cell tumor
• Malignant leiomyoblastoma
• Malignant synovioma
• Malignant schwannoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation
• Proliferating (systemic) angiendotheliomatosis
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Synovial sarcoma

Disabilities in the Children of Herbicide Exposed Veterans

• Congenital talipes equinovarus (club foot)
• Esophageal and intestinal atresia
• Hallerman-Streiff syndrome
• Hip dysplasia
• Hirschprung’s disease (congenital megacolon)
• Hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis
• Hypospadias
• Imperforate anus
• Neural tube defects (including spina bifida, encephalocele and anencecphaly)
• Poland syndrome
• Pyloric stenosis
• Syndactyly (fused digets)
• Tracheoesophageal fistula
• Undescended testicle
• Williams syndrome

On March 1, 2007, the Agent Orange Association of Canada sent a nine page letter containing the following list of diseases and comments to Greg Thompson, DVA Minister, The Prime Minister, his entire Cabinet and to every M.P. in Ottawa. 

The letter was entitled:  Doing the Math and the Health Consequences. (click to read)


The following comments and diseases were taken from an online petition. These comments are from sprayed/exposed individuals or a member of a sprayed or exposed family in the event of a family death.

it is a lengthy list.

Please take the time to read it and then reflect on the extensiveness of the serious health problems that the Conservatives and DND have chosen to ignore. 

Brain cancer

Kidney cancer

Liver cancer

Fibromyalgia

Chronic Pain

High blood pressure

Depression

Lack of memory

Sleeping disorder

Testicular Cancer

Cancer of lymph nodes (Sarcodsis)

24 Hr Oxygen for breathing difficulties

Severe rash on my body

Suffer from a severe receptive language disorder

Have had breathing problems for much of my life

Skin problems

Gland problems

Trouble trying to conceive a child.

Autoimmune disease called Relapsing Polychondritis.

Left stem main bronchus is basically closed; my upper respiratory tract has been highly affected.

Liver diseases

Diabetic

COPD and heart failure

Tumor the size of a grapefruit with a couple of feet of small intestine

Tumor removed from under my right arm, I have sarcoid granuloma ,I have Chloracne

Had breathing problems since birth

Developed chronic bronchitis

Severe Graves disease

Cancer in the colon and cancer in the liver

Diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, serious heart problems

Chiari malformation type 1, neurological disorder birth defect

Born with three ears

Numbness on left side of body Aug 91, still have this symptom today.

Metastatic lung cancer

Cataract surgery at a young age for both eyes, it was suggested at the time they could have been caused by either a chemical or some type of radiation

Heart & Lungs

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Lung cancer

Born in Oromocto has had brain cancer and has gone through a terrible ordeal, now has skin cancer

My son Benoit died at the age of 38 to stomach cancer

My son died of AO related Cholangiocarcinoma

1 RCHA, 61 - 63. Heart, Prostate, etc. Years of illness

Suffering with a Mental Disorder for more than 20 years.

Pneumonia.

Today, I have multiple tumours in my uterus and am unable to have children

Our dad just passed away, lung cancer, heart problems, respiratory problems, circulatory problems, our mother has had breast cancer and removal, our dear sister is dying of colon cancer, they just stopped her chemo as it is doing no good, the three of us children suffer from sleep related disorders,

Double By-pass in March of 2004 doing well, had shortness of breath for a couple years prior to that

Have a sister with COPD another with a mysterious blood disorder and respiratory problems

I have a medical condition that cannot be confirmed by specialists. I also served at Gagetown throughout my career in the Artillery

Now COPD(chronic Obstructive pulmonary.)

I am post cancer treatment

I lived in Gagetown from 1960 till 1984 and have had cancer from unexplained reasons in 1993

I now have diabetes and asthma

We lived in Gagetown in the early '60's. My father died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1985 at the age of 62. My mother developed breast cancer just before her 70th birthday

I was there in 1970 suffer from a severe case of acne to this very day 36 years later I know now it is Chloracne

As a young family we also lived in Gagetown during the time of 1973-76 and again 1983 until retirement in 1995. My father never got the chance to fully enjoy his retired life from the Army as he took ill and passed quickly with the Pancreatic Cancer

I have been suffering from an autoimmune condition since 1999, my mother has had several bouts of cancer; my father died when he was 67 after many years of poor health.

I am now on CPP for a disability called Fibromylgia - Chronic Pain

Stationed at CFB Gagetown in summer 1966 and lived there until his retirement from the forces in 1977. We used the 'area' extensively, camping, picnicing, fishing, berry picking. Both my parents are now dead, due to stomach cancer.

My brothers and sisters and I grew up in Oromocto, our Dad worked on the base. He died at the young age of 49. My youngest sister died at the age of 19 from cancer. Now my oldest brother is hanging on to his life from cancer and an annurism

Husband died age 53 Hodgkin’s Disease (Agent Orange) and Myeloid Dysphasic Syndrome another type of bone marrow cancer related to Agent White.

Died of throat and stomach cancer in 1986

Dying from multi system atrophy

I grew up in Burton where my family lived from 1961 - 1992. I wonder how much of these chemicals we were exposed to - both father and brother died of heart disease

My family was posted to CFB Gagetown 1979 - 1983. My father has Metastatic cancer as well as many other health problems

died at the age of 32 of many mysterious illnesses after taking his training at Gagetown at the time they were using numerous defoliant sprays.

Had severe health problems, daughter had many birth defects

I have now had triple by-pass surgery and my youngest daughter has had cervical cancer and had a stillborn birth

My mother passed away from non-hereditary ovarian cancer in 1999.

I have been diagnosed with metastasis melanoma. Have had an operation for malignant melanoma (right arm-2003) as well as 33 lymph nodes removed right armpit January 2005.

2nd Canadian Guards, 61-68, trained at Gagetown, went through the prostate cancer

I am now a diabetic with bladder cancer. Served in Gagetown 1961, 1964-1967, spent many weeks in the training area.

Suffered strokes at a young age & Passed on with heart aneurism at 68 years

Suffered with epilepsy from age 9-18 years passed away at age 18

My mother was diagnosed type two Diabetes

Since then I have been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.

He died at age 57 from kidney failure, and he had diabetes and multiple heart attacks.

My father was in the Black Watch .My family lived in Oromocto from 1960-to 67. My dad died at the age of 62 with what was described to me as a rare cancer that was in his chest wall. In 1975 I lost a 7 month old son to at that time was called a fluke. In late 97 my grandson went into heart failure and in turn was diagnosed with Barth syndrome. A genetic X-linked condition passed from mother to son. Tests say that this gene mutated with me and now I question why . At this point it appears that my family tree has been exfoliated; as there will be no more births from this gene pool

Diagnosed Parkinson’s and chronic leukemia

My father was stationed at CFB Gagetown for over 40 years. He passed away in 2003 from complications as a result of lung cancer. He also suffered from diabetes

He died in 1994, from Leukemia, as a result of effects from Agent Orange.

have brain cancer/Operated/Radiation/ Chemo

Family lived in Gagetown around '57-66. Father passed away at at the age of 63 from complications due to colon cancer.

Victim of Chronic Lymphotic Leukemia and Thyroid condition as well as muscle cramps and spasms

Was diagnosed in 2001. they have admitted in a rejection response letter that my type of cancer is directly linked to agent orange /purple/white etc..I was in Gagetown in 55, 56, 57, 64, and 65 with the Infantry

Lost both my brother and sister in law to cancer

Stationed at Gagetown during this time with the RCRs and also in his early Military career with the Black Watch.. He passed away four years ago at the young age of 61 from pancreatic cancer

I recall my mother, who lived in Burton just outside Oromocto (Base Gagetown), in circa 1965 received about $100.00 from the military if she promised not to harvest her small garden because of a spraying accident the military reportedly had. The military were always around that area

My grandfather died a slow, painful death due to his exposure to Agent Orange and the other toxic chemicals sprayed at CFB Gagetown.

My father, who was a member of the Black Watch, stationed at Base Gagetown, and who died at the age of 45 in 1972 of cancer.

3rd generation birth defects all three children, I was born and grew up in Oromocto

Lived on the base for at least 7 yrs have been sick a lot and getting sicker

My father is dying from a rare form of cancer, which has a high incidence amongst the men with whom he served

I have been denied any claim due to exposure to Agent Orange because my service record indicates that I was not directly sprayed. You don't have to bathe in this stuff for it to affect you. It remains in the soil and can travel for miles in the water table. We drank the water out there for years while in the training area. It might not have been exactly where the stuff was sprayed

I lost my dear husband of 40+ years due to leukemia. He was at CFB Gagetown 1958-63.

My dear dad, who was stationed at CFB Gagetown 1958-1963. AM Leukemia at age 59.

Recently diagnosed w/ advance prostrate cancer

My husband died of agent orange exposure

Lost my husband at the age of 47 due to prostate cancer

Today my family’s health problems are increasing and myself included. My wife and children all suffer various health problems that i believe are related to the chemicals used during our time in Gagetown

My dad died of cancer aged 56. He served at Gagetown in 66/67

84/85 Spent almost a year out in the the training area with Training Support Squadron/ 21 yrs later I have unexplained health problems as well.

My husband just died November 8th from cancer at the age of 56. Just before his death he was also diagnosed with Parkinson’s. He served in Gagetown in Black Watch from 1966-1967.

I lived in Oromocto in 1965-1967 as a teenager. 20 years ago I was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphotic Leukemia with no explanation of how this happened

Served in Gagetown from 76 to 85. Since then, I have a lot of medical problems as does my daughter who was born in Oromocto

My father is now dying because of that spraying. He served in Gagetown from 1964 to 1967. He has soft-skin sarcoma, skin cancer, multiple myeloma, type 2 Diabetes, and multiples neuropathy in both legs and feet. I had leukemia and my kids have thallassemia, a genetic disease

Agent orange has not only affected my father. Sister and myself .my brother. We continue to see the results manifest themselves with us and now also our children

My entire family has suffered many health problems ranging from severe asthma and breathing problems and bowel and cancer problems

my father is now dying because of that spaying... Agent Orange will also affect my health and my children’s health.

All I know is I was sick a lot in childhood, and it is likely a result of being contaminated

My father was posted at Camp Gagetown from 1960 - 1963. He passed away February 28, 2003 of Cancer. My mother is dying of Multiple Myeloma

I am under treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia and I was in the service in Gagetown during those years

I believe our family sicknesses (cancers, emphysema, hysterectomy, diabetes and eventual blindness, migraines, depression, high blood pressure, massive heart attack resulted from the Agent Orange spraying during the time we spent in Oromocto, being in the military, and working on Base at CFB Gagetown.

I was born in Fredericton in the year of 1967. My father was stationed in Gagetown in the black watch 1958-1959, 1963-1968. We lived about 1 mile away from the base. My father when serving always had numerous cysts on his body. In the last 20 years of his life he has had an aneurism, heart attack, and what took his life was lung cancer that traveled to his brain, he had 2 tumors in his brain

Am a cancer survivor, non-determined primary, in 1990 - I lived in that area in 1967

My dead mother who died at age 44 from lung/breast cancer. My dad just died in 2004. He suffered from skin and bowel cancer and finally his life was ended with lung and throat cancer. We lived in base Gagetown from 1957 until 1966. My stepmother died as well from cancer of the ovaries. I have problems as well.

I have two rare diseases both Heart and Skin cancer and was stationed in Gagetown for two years

After maintaining my husband’s uniforms, washing etc, being out in the area on picnics and picking berry's in the area I now suffer from some of the illness's associated with Agent Orange.

I have cancer caused by Agent Orange

I was in Gagetown in the 50's & 60's and saw the spraying...so don't have the gall to call me a liar...

To many things wrong to be just from age

My former husband who died at 57 after serving in Gagetown in 50 s and 60.s

As an army brat I played in the forests surrounding CFB Gagetown. My son has suffered from many unexplained illnesses, including: club foot, ITP and MS. I am worried this may be as a result of my exposure to dangerous chemicals as a child

I served at CFB Gagetown in 1965 to 1969; my wife has had breast cancer in both breasts two years apart,

I lived in Gagetown in 1970’s, worked Delivering Pizza's on base 10 hrs a day. I have been on Long term disability for over a year now, dad had same medical problem and killed himself last year

Posted to Gagetown� 1961-1962. As member of RCASC we were responsible for delivery of rations, petrol, oil, lubricants and troop movements working continuously in the training area for supply during everyday training and/or during training exercises. Now suffer from Wegener's Granulamotosis. Also have had TB along with others while in the forces

We were stationed in Gage town during this time ,my husband was in the 2nd Battlion Black Watch, he developed asthma, diabetes, heart problems, and died just recently from a brain tumor.

I was there in the 60's. Have since learned of the tragic number of various cancer related deaths

Mum was also exposed and poisoned by Agent Orange, Agent Purple & Agent White during the years, 1959-62 and again 1965-1973. She died of complications of COPD, Type 2 Diabetes, thyroid disease, and many heart disorders. She was sick for over 30 years and she blamed it on her exposure at CFB Gagetown having visited the training area many, many times to swim, picnic, pick blueberries, apples and long walks along the dusty roads of the training area. She also washed Dad's army clothing as many army housewives did. Our family has been made ill and both my mother and father died of exposure and poisoning by the chemical defoliants.

I have developed atriofibulation and cardiomyopithy for no good reason..It can't be fixed and I wonder what my children and grand children will develop in the future. Spraying went on for many years

My husband grew up in Oromocto and was also in the military at Base Gagetown for 5 years. He died at 54 from pulmonary fibrosis

I grew up in Oromocto and had leukemia from birth until it went into remission when I was 15

My father who served at CFB Gagetown and died at the age of 45 of cancer.

My father served with the Black Watch in Gagetown during the time these exposures of Agent Orange. Since that time our family has had a multitude of health problems. My father has been diagnosed as a insulin dependent diabetic. My oldest brother, born in 1969 is severely mentally and physical disabled. The next born male was diagnosed with Tourettes syndrome. I myself, at age 33 have respiratory and circulatory problems. My two children have also been plagued with illnesses, the oldest being diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome, ADHD, OCD. There has not been any previous family history of these illnesses until my father’s exposure to Agent Orange

My wife has cancer. I was in the black Watch

My husband, as a youth, spent all of his summers in Hoyt, New Brunswick. He was diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. Many of his relatives who stayed in summer homes in Hoyt, New Brunswick were also diagnosed with cancers

Father died of cancer and worked on base

I have Crohns and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma & I lived in Geary the first 30 years of my life.

Sprayed many times with Chemicals through the years. I have suffered many illnesses as the result of spraying.

During the expropriation we were told we could use the Enniskillen Rd. As a result we picked berries, fished & hunted. And was sprayed with defoliants. Which caused skin cancer, urinary tract infections, bleeding ulcers, coronary artery disease etc.

Exposed since 1977 to the present with spray on CFB Gagetown. Diagnosed with mediastinal mass.

In need of answers after 16 years of illnesses

My Father was stationed in Gagetown until 1966, He died at the age of 54 in 1986

So many of us have had chronic, debilitating illnesses for up to four decades because we were poisoned by Agent Orange and other chemicals in Camp Gagetown. And so many are already dead, many at a young age

My husband served as a Military Police at CFB Gagetown from 1964 - 1966 and guarded the spraying site without wearing any protective clothing. He died of lymphoma at the age of 41 leaving 3 young children.

my father who spent almost every summer in Gagetown since about 1957 and who now has prostate cancer

My father, my mother and my two uncles all passed away prematurely. Many of my parents' friends who were posted at Gagetown have also died, before their time, of cancer. Thousands of innocent victims have been poisoned ... our vets, their families and civilians.

I was a dependant wife in Gagetown from 1976 thru 1984. I am now suffering from severe liver problems caused by my immune system

I also grew up in Gagetown. My father had three different postings there. I have Sarcoid

My Dad passed away in 1996 with mestatic prostate cancer- carcinoma including lung infiltrates and a lesion on his chest

He developed heart problems, lipidemia, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cholangiocarcinoma. He was in the CFB training area many, many times

MY HUSBAND WAS IN GAGETOWN IN / 66 AND DIED OF CANCER IN MARCH 2004

CFB Gagetown, and the planes flew over our home, every year that i can remember. My mom died of cancer in 1986, at the age of 51

We lived in Gagetown for 11 years. Both my parents died as a result of cancer

My mother gave birth to me in Oromocto New Brunswick. I was born missing 3 of my fingers; I also have other health issues, as do my both my brothers ranging from growths on the spinal cord to allergies to hot and cold temps.

Agent orange - spraying of the woods in Gagetown could be the reason I was born with a complex congenital heart condition that has no cure... I cannot have children, and on home oxygen and among other things

I remember the spraying going on every summer along our street and in the town plus the spray planes flying low over our house all summer, every summer. We civilians were exposed from the toxins in the air, water and soil. Most of the civilian kids I went to school with are dead and most lost a parent young. Those remaining have chronic health issues. Military families moved in and out every two years.

I now have Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and have had a headache and other medical problems every day for over 30 years

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