Deleterious health effects of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese women and childrenNguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong
Agent Orange is still affecting the environment and, consequently, the Vietnamese people. Since dioxin is not water-soluble, it is difficult to rid of. It has remained in the soils where it was sprayed, often at 20 times the recommended concentrations for agricultural use. It has also remain...
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soldiers left Vietnam. The legacy of the war for many ordinary Vietnamese is the horror of dioxin poisoning, which has affected an estimated three to four million people over the past 40 years.Agent Orange was used by U.S. forces to kill large areas of jungle. But the herbicides did ...
Agent Orange, mixture of herbicides that U.S. military forces sprayed in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971 during the Vietnam War for the dual purpose of defoliating forest areas that might conceal Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces and destroying crops that
Effects of Agent Orange Veteran Health Issues and Legal Battle Legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam Sources Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The U.S. program...
Although most Agent Orange studies have focused on American veterans, many Vietnamese had greater exposure. Because health consequences of dioxin contamination are more likely to be found in Vietnamese living in Vietnam than in any other populations, Vietnam provides a unique setting for dioxin ...
During theVietnam war, the US military launched Operation Ranch Hand, in which it employed several herbicides to kill the dense tree canopies that concealed the North Vietnamese supply routes, nicknamed the Ho Chi Min trail. One of the most infamous chemicals ...
DEMAND COMPENSATION RIGHTS: VIETNAMESE AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS DEMAND COMPENSATIONRIGHTS: VIETNAMESE AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS DEMAND COMPENSATIONElisabeth Schreinemacher
With most of those issues presently resolved, the issue of Agent Orange/dioxin has emerged as a regular topic in bilateral discussions.Martin, M. FCongressional Research ServiceVietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and U.S.-Vietnam Relations," by Michael F. Martin, Order Code RL34761, November ...