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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 · 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 ...

2. 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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3. www.aspeninstitute.org › programs › agent-orange-inMaps of Heavily Sprayed Areas and Dioxin Hot Spots

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   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.

4. 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 ...

5. 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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6. 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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   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 in Vietnam?

   • Agent Orange was stored at Bien Hoa airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

   US Pays to Clean Up Agent Orange on Vietnam War Anniversary

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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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   How many liters of Agent Orange were handled on Da Nang base?

   • Nearly 11 million liters of Agent Orange were handled on the base. Today, several areas on the Da Nang Base including the loading, storage and mixing areas and Sen Lake to the north and the Pacer Ivy area at the south of the base have been confirmed to have high levels of dioxin.

   Maps of Heavily Sprayed Areas and Dioxin Hot Spots

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

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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 ...