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

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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 ...

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4. 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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5. time.com › 5575064U.S. Launches Agent Orange Clean-Up at Vietnamese Air Base - TIME

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   Apr 22, 2019 · April 22, 2019 6:26 AM EDT. T he U.S. has launched a $183 million clean-up campaign at a former air base in Vietnam that was used to store the toxic chemical Agent Orange. The 10-year project at ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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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   Where was Agent Orange stored in Vietnam?

   • A Vietnamese soldier runs past the dioxin contaminated area of the Bien Hoa airbase on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Oct.17, 2018. The U.S. has launched a $183 million clean-up campaign at a former air base in Vietnam that was used to store the toxic chemical Agent Orange.

   U.S. Launches Agent Orange Clean-Up at Vietnamese Air Base

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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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   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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   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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   Will VA reexamine Agent Orange compensation claims?

   • (AP Photo/Department of Defense, File) The Department of Veterans Affairs will reexamine compensation claims from veterans exposed to Agent Orange while serving in the waters off Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

   VA Will Reexamine Agent Orange Claims It Previously Denied

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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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9. www.military.com › daily-news › 2021/05/14VA Will Reexamine Agent Orange Claims It Previously Denied

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   Published May 14, 2021. The Department of Veterans Affairs will reexamine compensation claims from veterans exposed to Agent Orange while serving in the waters off Vietnam during the Vietnam War ...