Agent Orange
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America wages new war in Vietnam _ on AIDS...of his administration. As memories of the eight-year war fade, the America that older Vietnamese remember, of bombers, guns and Agent Orange, is now represented to many by places such as Tinh Bien, where 340 HIV patients are getting... In this article: AIDS, Vietnam, HIV, AIDS Drugs, U.S., Usaid, and Agent Orange |
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Virginia Pilot | 1 day ago
Briefs: 2010 Support Freedom Award nominees sought
...Health Center is a free online service providing information on issues including Gulf War syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder and Agent Orange. The site, www.veteranshealthcenter.org, also covers diabetes and heart disease. Outward...
In this article: Sierra Club Foundation and Gulf War syndrome
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Guardian | 3 days ago
In praise of… mint
...to sprout in spring, and it will quickly take over garden beds by pushing out wandering shoots. In fact, you have to possess the qualities of Agent Orange as a gardener to kill it off. It may take many more years to find out what in Hyptis...
In this article: Persephone, Newcastle University, Chemistry, Hades, Analgesic, and Britain
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Huffington Post | 3 days ago
Robert Koehler: Call It Ecocide
...two of the prime suspects in the Fallujah nightmare, cause birth defects. There was also "no proof," for several decades, that Agent Orange, the defoliant containing dioxin, caused harm to American soldiers, much less the Vietnamese...
In this article: Ecocide, Fallujah, Uranium, Cancer, Iraq, Democracy, Defoliant, and Gulf War I
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New York Daily News | 4 days ago
Schmidt: This Thanksgiving, please pass the praise for President Obama's health care plan
...that he felt the full impact of his service when he was diagnosed with MS, believed to be a result of his exposure to the powerful herbicide Agent Orange. My dad has partial use of one arm and only limited feeling in his other arm and legs. In...
In this article: VA, Barack Obama, Herbicide, Multiple sclerosis, Veterans Health Administration, and Long Island
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Who Runs Gov | 4 days ago
Profiles/Laura_Petrou
...assistant to a young congressman named Tom Daschle (D-S.D.). She was asked to focus exclusively on one of the congressman's pet issues: Agent Orange. The harmful dioxin had been dropped over millions ofacres of South Vietnam during...
In this article: Tom Daschle, HHS, Anthrax, Kathleen Sebelius, Tax, and National Journal
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The Bergen Record | 4 days ago
14-year-old boy a crossword pioneer
...learn more vocabulary. I learn more pop culture. I was looking for a clue (that would fit the answer) Agent Orange. I had heard of Agent Orange, but I wasn't sure what it was. So, I looked it up. Q: What do you do when you're not...
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South Bend Tribune | November 18, 2009
Health care reform on readers' minds
...of Veterans Affairs is that only vets who had "boots on the ground" or served on inland waterways qualify for health benefits for Agent Orange exposure. New studies by the Australian VA proved sailors were drinking Agent Orange because...
In this article: Joe Donnelly, NFL, Nancy Pelosi, Department of Veterans Affairs, Michael Floyd, Fighting Irish, E mail, and NFL Draft
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Naples Daily News | November 09, 2009
A year serving in Vietnam gives Naples attorney 40-year battle with cancer from Agent Orange
...for VA benefits due to illness, disability, job loss and the income levels, go to: www.va.gov. To read more about illnesses linked to Agent Orange, go to: Tto talk to someone locally about what services are available, call Collier...
In this article: Cancer, Vietnam, Naples, VA, Defoliant, and Dioxin
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Agent Orange is the code name for an herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military in its Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War, when an estimated 21,136,000 gal. (80 000 m³) of Agent Orange were sprayed across South Vietnam. 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400,000 deaths and disabilities, and 500,000 children born with birth defects.
From 1961 to 1971, Agent Orange was by far the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides" employed in the Herbicidal Warfare program. During the production of Agent Orange (as well as Agents Purple, Pink, and Green) dioxins were produced as a contaminant, which have caused health problems for those exposed during the Vietnam War. Agents Blue and White were part of the same program but did not contain dioxins.
Studies of populations exposed to dioxin, though not necessarily Agent Orange, indicate increased risk of various types of cancer and genetic defects; the effect of long-term low-level exposure has not been established.
American veterans of the Vietnam war were seeking recognition of Agent Orange syndrome, compensation and treatment for diseases that they and their children suffered from; many exposed to Agent Orange have not been able to receive promised medical care through the Veterans Administration medical system, and only in exceptional cases have their affected children received health care assistance from the government.
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