Why conduct an investigation if there is no crime. The Ranch Hand Study is the investigation.
Murder is the crime.
This study is an investigation of the effects of spraying Agent Orange on our servicemen during the Vietnam War. The major problem with this investigation is that the Air Force is conducting an investigation of itself. Congress directed the Air Force to evaluate the health, survival and reproductive outcomes of veterans of Operation Ranch Hand. The study seeks to determine whether Ranch Hand veterans have experienced adverse health and whether those effects, if they exist, can be attributed to exposure to herbicides or dioxin. The next major problem with this study is the participants.