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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
Sep 14, 2017 · Once Operation Ranch Hand began, around 20 million gallons of Agents Green, Pink, Purple, Blue, White, Orange, Orange II, Orange III, and Super Orange were sprayed over South Vietnam.
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Jun 1, 2010 · It has been nearly 50 years since the United States initiated a military operation that sprayed approximately 20 million gallons of phenoxy herbicides and arsenicals on South Vietnam including Agent Orange, a formulation that was contaminated with dioxin.
- Jeanne M. Stellman, Steven D. Stellman
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Mar 7, 2019 · During the Vietnam War the U.S. sprayed the Southeast Asian nation’s jungles and wetlands with vast quantities of a herbicide and defoliant known as Agent Orange. The aim was to flush Viet Cong guerrillas out of their rural hideouts.
Jan 19, 2017 · Through the 1970s and 1980s, the environmental community began focusing on what had been the widespread use of Agent Orange-like herbicides across the U.S. Farmers had sprayed it on their...
Agent Orange was a herbicide mixture used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Much of it contained a dangerous chemical contaminant called dioxin. Production of Agent Orange ended in the 1970s and is no longer in use.
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Feb 27, 2019 · FULL STORY. During the Vietnam War, United States aircraft sprayed more than 20 million gallons of herbicides, including dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange, on the country's rain forests,...
