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The Department of Veterans Affairs will reexamine compensation claims from veterans exposed to Agent Orange while serving in the waters off Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
The United States has been involved for more than two decades in a controversy over the military use of herbicides in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. The controversy centers around both the use of herbicides in Vietnam and the purported health problems associated with exposure to herbicides, primarily Agent Orange and its contaminant 2,3,7,8-TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin), known ...
29 kwi 2024 · The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the former Kelly...
27 lut 2024 · Agent Orange (AO) was an herbicide mixture that was contaminated with the carcinogenic 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. 1 Between 1962 and 1971, AO was widely sprayed throughout Vietnam and the demilitarized zone in Korea to destroy vegetation that hid or fed enemy forces during operation Ranch Hand. 2 According to the National Academies of ...
2 lis 2018 · Many Vietnam veterans and their survivors may be missing out on substantial payments they are entitled to receive as a result of exposure to Agent Orange, veterans’ advocates say.
17 lis 2023 · An orange heart will preface the name of any Vietnam veteran battling with, or that has died because of exposure to Agent Orange. In the last 14 years, it’s believed that Vietnam veterans are dying at a rate of 390 deaths each day.
3 dni temu · More than 58,000 American troops were killed in the Vietnam War. Estimates show more than 300,000 have died since the war from exposure to Agent Orange. On the Price of Freedom, we take a look at ...
