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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.
- In War-Scarred Landscape, Vietnam Replants Its Forests
By some estimates, forest cover in Vietnam declined by 50...
- In War-Scarred Landscape, Vietnam Replants Its Forests
The Google Earth-based tool was developed by the War Legacies Project. Google Earth image of heavily sprayed provinces in Vietnam (outlined in blue and purple). Dioxin hotspots become visible on the map by using Google Earth to zoom in on provinces. Google Earth image of the Da Nang Airbase (outlined in red above) in central Vietnam.
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 ...
- What Is The History of Agent Orange?
- Why Does Agent Orange Matter?
- What Is Known About Agent Orange in Laos?
- What Can Be Done to Address Agent Orange in Laos?
Although the Vietnam War ended five decades ago, the remnants of munitions and chemicals deployed in that conflict continue to have deadly effects today. During the war, the United States deployed bombs and herbicides in Vietnam and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which connected northern and southwestern Vietnam via a network of military transport ro...
Most documentation on the impacts of exposure to the chemical herbicide known as Agent Orange have focused on Vietnam and US veterans, but people in Laos and Cambodia have also been exposed. Agent Orange was contaminated with dioxin–which is among the most toxic chemicals in the world–and was the most frequently used herbicide in the theater of the...
To date, very little testing has been conducted in Laos to confirm the presence of dioxin from wartime use of herbicides. However, in 2005 Hatfield Consultants found notably elevated levels at the former Chavan airbase. These results suggest it is likely that other regions in Laos where Agent Orange was used will have elevated levels of dioxin, tho...
Support a thorough environmental test of areas with likely contamination to determine the actual need for remediation on the ground. These areas include villages close to multiple spraying runs and...Aid and assistance programs can explicitly seek to expand services to people with birth defects and disabilities in the areas of Laos sprayed with Agent Orange as well as general health support to...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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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 ...
