Books By Alvin L. Young - Author

For more than 50 years, Dr. Alvin L. Young has collected documents, reports, and photographs of the use of Agent Orange and other herbicides used in the Vietnam Conflict. He has published four books and more than 85 peer reviewed publications/editorials/commentaries on the herbicides (and the associated dioxin contaminant) used in Vietnam. He completed his Ph.D. in Herbicide Physiology and Environmental Toxicology at Kansas State University in 1968. He began his Air Force career as a Project Scientist with the United States Air Force in 1968, evaluating both the dissemination characteristics of the Air Force aircraft and the fate of the herbicides used in South Vietnam. In his 22 years with the Air Force (obtaining the rank of Colonel), he was involved with all phases of the Agent Orange Controversy, from test and evaluation of equipment to environmental fate and health impacts. From 1983-87, Dr. Young was assigned to the Executive Office ofthe President, Washington, D.C., where he provided advice to the Whit