Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
Dioxin, a prevalent problem -- Nobody wanted dioxin -- Agent Orange and Vietnam -- What we know about Agent Orange and veterans' health -- What we may learn about Agent Orange and veterans' health -- Agent Orange and birth defects -- Dioxin in Missouri -- 2,4,5-T: the United States' disappearing herbicide -- Seveso: high-level environmental exposure -- Nitro explosion -- Industrial exposures to Dioxin -- Company behavior in the face of Dioxin exposures -- Dioxin and specific cancers -- Animal tests of Dioxin toxicity -- Dioxin decisions