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VA Environmental Health Registry Programs and Evaluations for Veterans - Information for Providers Fact Sheet (PDF) return to top Agent Orange View Agent Orange publications , including newsletters, posters, and reports. Latest Newsletter: Agent Orange Newsletter 2026 return to top Military Exposures & Your Health View the Military Exposures & 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. Latest Newsletter: Military Exposures & Your Health Newsletter - Issue #19 return to top Gulf War Gulf War Illness: Information for Veterans Fact Sheet (PDF) Gulf War Illness: A Guide for Veteran Health Care Providers Fact Sheet (PDF) View more Gulf War publications , including newsletters, posters, and reports. Newsletter Gulf War Newsletter 2019 return to top 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 return to top Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Airborne Hazards Concerns: Information for Veterans Fact sheet (PDF) return to top Radiation Ionizing Radiation Information for Health Care Providers Fact sheet (PDF) Ionizing Radiation Information for Veterans and their Families Fact sheet (PDF) View more radiation publications , including newsletters, brochures, and a clinical guide. Newsletter Ionizing Radiation Review March 2012 return to top Depleted Uranium Depleted Uranium (DU) Information for Veterans and their Families Fact Sheet (PDF) Toxic Embedded Fragment Surveillance Center – Information for Veterans Fact sheet (PDF) return to top Camp Lejeune Veteran and Family Health & Disability Benefits Fact sheet (PDF) return to top Project 112/Project SHAD View more information about Project 112/Project SHAD publications including fact sheets. return to top War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) Resources WRIISC Fact sheets WRIISC Advantage Newsletter return to top Guides for Clinicians These guides help health care providers care for Veterans with military exposure concerns. 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