<P> In 2004, Monsanto spokesman Jill Montgomery said Monsanto should not be liable at all for injuries or deaths caused by Agent Orange, saying: "We are sympathetic with people who believe they have been injured and understand their concern to find the cause, but reliable scientific evidence indicates that Agent Orange is not the cause of serious long - term health effects ." </P> <P> In 1980, New Jersey created the New Jersey Agent Orange Commission, the first state commission created to study its effects . The commission's research project in association with Rutgers University was called "The Pointman Project". It was disbanded by Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1996 . </P> <P> During Pointman I, commission researchers devised ways to determine small dioxin levels in blood . Prior to this, such levels could only be found in the adipose (fat) tissue . The project studied dioxin (TCDD) levels in blood as well as in adipose tissue in a small group of Vietnam veterans who had been exposed to Agent Orange and compared them to those of a matched control group; the levels were found to be higher in the former group . </P> <P> The second phase of the project continued to examine and compare dioxin levels in various groups of Vietnam veterans, including Army, Marines and brown water riverboat Navy personnel . </P>

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