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It was used to defoliate vegetation on the periphery of the bases and other areas where U.S. forces operated during the war, thus making them easier to monitor. Particles of the substance seemed to ...
Nguyen Thanh Hai, 34, centre, raises his hand to answer question during class at a school for victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang, Vietnam, March 7, 2025.
Vietnam identifies Agent Orange victims by checking family history, where they lived, and a list of health problems linked to the poison. And Hai’s disabilities were very likely linked to the ...
The impacts of Agent Orange in Vietnam led to the invention of “ecocide” as a crime against the environment and humanity and sparked a global movement in the 1970s to recognize such a crime.
Members of the Windham Veterans Council raised money to put an Agent Orange memorial stone at Memorial Park in. The project was spearheaded by Gary Pomo, a member of the council. “I’m a victim of it ...
The two former adversaries have worked together to tackle the lasting impacts of the war, including UXO detecting and ...
After TCDD, the dioxin in Agent Orange, was found to cause cancer and birth defects, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) slapped an emergency ban on the herbicide in 1979.
Nguyen Thanh Hai, 34, centre, raises his hand to answer question during class at a school for victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang, Vietnam, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh) Let us read it for you.
But Bailey, who worked on issues related to the Agent Orange in Vietnam for years, said future USAID funding for the cleanup and a $30 million program for people with disabilities was uncertain.
DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical ...