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     What Is Agent Orange? | History

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     4 Decades on, U.S. Starts Cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam

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     US starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

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

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     Agent Orange (The Vietnam War)

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     Agent Orange and the Vietnam War

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     Agent Orange, exposed: How U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam unleashed a slow-moving disaster

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     The Dark Shadow of Agent Orange | Retro Report | The New York Times

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     Agent Orange’s Long Legacy, for Vietnam and Veterans

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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. 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.

4. 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 ...

5. retroreport.org › video › agent-orange-last-chapterAgent Orange: Last Chapter of the Vietnam War - Retro Report

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   May 12, 2014 · May 12, 2014. (9 min.) Has lesson plan. The use of the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War continues to cast a dark shadow over both American veterans and Vietnamese citizens. During the war, the U.S. military sprayed Agent Orange over millions of acres to defoliate jungles, deprive its enemy defensive cover, and save the lives of ...

6. www.youtube.com › watchThe Vietnam War's Agent Orange legacy | Unreported World

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   Sep 13, 2017 · Vietnam's Toxic Legacy: This episode investigates claims by doctors in Vietnam who believe that agent orange is causing life threatening health problems for ...

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7. www.politico.com › story › 2019/01/18U.S. launches spraying of Agent Orange, Jan. 18, 1962

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   Jan 18, 2019 · 01/18/2019 08:32 AM EST. After a period of testing, on this day in 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave final approval to “Operation Ranch Hand” — a massive effort to defoliate the forests ...

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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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   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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   What was Agent Orange used for in Operation Ranch Hand?

   • During the U.S. Air Force campaign known as Operation Ranch Hand, Agent Orange was used to strip bare the coastal mangroves of the Mekong Delta and the dense triple-canopy forests that concealed enemy fighters and supply lines. The cleanup at Bien Hoa air base will involve treating enough contaminated soils to fill 200 Olympic-size swimming pools.

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

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   Why was Agent Orange sprayed?

   • Agent Orange was a defoliant sprayed by US forces to destroy jungles and uncover the enemy's hiding places. It contained dioxin, which is one of the most toxic chemicals known to man and has been linked to increased rates of cancers and birth defects.

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

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9. www.usaid.gov › vietnam › fact-sheetsDioxin Remediation at Bien Hoa Air Base Area Project

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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 ...