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1. e360.yale.edu › features › fifty-years-after-aFifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic ...

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   May 13, 2019 · From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving dioxin contamination that has severely affected the health of three generations of Vietnamese. Now, the U.S. and Vietnamese governments have joined together in a massive cleanup project.

2. www.nbcnews.com › news › worldDecades after end of Vietnam War, US begins Agent Orange clean-up

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   Aug 9, 2012 · Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP - Getty Images. HANOI, Vietnam -- Nearly four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, the United States and Vietnam on Thursday began cleaning up the toxic chemical Agent ...

3. www.bbc.com › news › world-asia-48000185Agent Orange: US to clean up toxic Vietnam War air base - BBC

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   Apr 20, 2019 · The toxic legacy of the Vietnam War. The US has launched a multi-million dollar clean-up operation at an air base in Vietnam it used to store the notorious chemical Agent Orange. The ten-year ...

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4. www.nbcnewyork.com › news › national-internationalExposed to Agent Orange at US bases, veterans face cancer ...

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   Apr 29, 2024 · In February, the VA proposed a rule that for the first time would allow compensation to veterans for Agent Orange exposure at 17 U.S. bases in a dozen states where the herbicide was tested, used ...

5. www.voanews.com › a › 6896184US Pays to Clean Up Agent Orange on Vietnam War Anniversary

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   Dec 29, 2022 · US Pays to Clean Up Agent Orange on Vietnam War Anniversary. December 29, 2022 7:39 AM. By VOA News. FILE - A Vietnamese soldier stands guard at the dioxin-contaminated area near Bien Hoa airbase ...

6. learningenglish.voanews.com › a › us-pays-to-cleanUS Pays to Clean Up Agent Orange Used in Vietnam War

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   Dec 31, 2022 · The United States announced a contract earlier this month worth up to $29 million to clean a chemical contamination in Vietnam. American forces used the herbicide Agent Orange widely during the ...

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   How did Agent Orange affect Vietnam?

   • From 1962 to 1971, the American military sprayed vast areas of Vietnam with Agent Orange, leaving dioxin contamination that has severely affected the health of three generations of Vietnamese. Now, the U.S. and Vietnamese governments have joined together in a massive cleanup project. By George Black • May 13, 2019

   Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy

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   Where was Agent Orange stored during the Vietnam War?

   • The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the former Kelly Air Force Base in Texas, and tested it at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base.

   Exposed to Agent Orange at US bases, veterans face cancer without

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   Did Agent Orange spray dioxin on Vietnam?

   • In the context of the war in Vietnam, this is what the word dioxin means. No one set out deliberately to spray dioxin on Vietnam, but war is defined by catastrophic accidents as well as by deliberate cruelty, and Agent Orange may have been the worst of them. The defoliant was created by combining two chemicals.

   Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy

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   How many litres of Agent Orange were sprayed in Vietnam?

   • More than 80 million litres of Agent Orange are estimated to have been sprayed by US forces over South Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. From the 1960s, doctors in Vietnam began to see a sharp rise in birth defects, cancers and other illnesses linked to exposure to the chemical.

   Agent Orange: US to clean up toxic Vietnam War air base - BBC

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   How many victims of Agent Orange/dioxin are there in Vietnam?

   • According to Nguyen Dao, president of the Dong Nai province office of the Vietnamese Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA), there are 1,055 in Bien Hoa city and more than 14,000 in the province as a whole. And new cases are still appearing in the third generation to be born since the war ended.

   Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy

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   Did the Army use Agent Orange?

   • Other documents, including a report by an Army agronomist as well as documents related to hazardous material cleanups, point to the use of Agent Orange at the sprawling base that 1.5 million service members cycled through from 1917 to 1994.

   Exposed to Agent Orange at US bases, veterans face cancer without

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8. apnews.com › united-states-government-c6a2ba5e23dUS agrees to pay millions for Agent Orange claims | AP News

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   Jun 18, 2015 · It is the first time the VA has established a special category of Agent Orange exposure for troops who weren’t on the ground or didn’t serve on inland waterways in Vietnam. Still, citing weaker scientific evidence, the VA said it will not cover roughly 200,000 “Blue Water” veterans who say they were exposed to Agent Orange while serving aboard deep-water naval vessels off Vietnam’s ...