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May 13, 2019 · Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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The United States sprayed 19.5 million gallons of Agent Orange over the course of the Vietnam War. The goal was to deny Vietcong fighters and North Vietnamese troops forest cover and food supplies. “The Vietnam Red Cross estimates that three million Vietnamese have been affected by dioxin, including at least 150,000 children born after the war with...
The U.S. government has, to date, spent $400 million to address the environmental and health effects of Agent Orange. A greater emphasis has been placed on environmental cleanup. This includes $112 million spent on environmental remediation at the Danang airport jointly with Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense and $183 million so far on the cleanup proje...
In Congress, U.S. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) has been a champion for those living with the effects of Agent Orange. For example, in 2019, USAID made a five-year commitment to provide another $65 million in aid to Vietnamese with disabilities in areas that were sprayed with Agent Orange or otherwise became contaminated by dioxin; these funds are c...
Berresford cited the need for a coalition of U.S. and Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, Vietnamese Americans and the U.S. veteran community to encourage philanthropic organizations to work on the issue of Agent Orange. Reflecting on past efforts, she noted the importance of plans, pressure and principals. “One shortcoming of our efforts was our i...
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 ...
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Bien Hoa Air Base was the primary Agent Orange storage and handling site during the U.S.-Vietnam War and is the largest remaining dioxin hotspot in Vietnam. In 2016, USAID conducted an assessment at Bien Hoa and identified nearly 500,000 cubic meters of dioxin contaminated soil in need of clean-up. Launched in 2019, USAID’s Dioxin Remediation at Bien Hoa Air Base Area Project is remediating ...
