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31 sie 2023 · When Congress created the PACT Act in 2022, it expanded the Department of Veterans Affairs health care and disability compensation available to Vietnam-era veterans who may have been exposed to...
2 kwi 2023 · Agent Orange, a dioxin-containing toxin, was used as an herbicide during the Vietnam War. Exposures to Agent Orange were initially linked to birth defects among Vietnamese civilians residing near aerially sprayed regions.
2022. AGENT ORANGE NEWSLETTER. INFORMATION FOR VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE PACT ACT AND VIETNAM VETERANS. The Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, or PACT Act, will help Veterans in the areas of care for military exposures, presumptions, and research.
27 sty 2022 · The United States sprayed 19.5 million gallons of Agent Orange over the course of the Vietnam War. The goal was to deny Vietcong fighters and North Vietnamese troops forest cover and food supplies.
14 kwi 2022 · Vietnamese Agent Orange victims and their advocates were dismayed with the ruling and persisted in their struggle for justice.
16 cze 2022 · The Senate voted on a $280 billion package of care for veterans exposed to toxins from agent orange in Vietnam. It's a rare moment of bipartisan action and the largest expansion of VA care in...
1 lip 2022 · Directly related to the health consequences of the U.S.-Vietnam war, Singhal (2019) and Palmer et al. (2019) study the long-term health effects of exposure to U.S. Air-force bombing, and find significant negative impacts on mental distress and prevalence of disability among Vietnamese civilians.
