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 Stories About: health AND toxics AND Vietnam
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Threat Level: Orange
Legacy of Agent Orange Continues to Haunt Vietnam |
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13 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Threat Level: Orange Legacy of Agent Orange Continues to Haunt Vietnam Decades after the U.S. military sprayed Vietnam with millions of gallons of Agent Orange, fish and livestock in some parts of the nation are still highly contaminated with dioxin and other toxic chemicals contained in the defoliant. Dioxin levels in some people's bloodstreams are also high, according to a new study published in the Journal of Occupational and En ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics, Vietnam (all these topics) |
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Not-so-secret Agent
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12 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Not-so-secret Agent Four decades after the U.S. started using Agent Orange in Vietnam, the two countries will begin working together to assess the effects of the toxic chemical on human health and the environment. Agent Orange is a defoliant that contains TCDD, the most dangerous form of dioxin, which causes cancer, immune system malfunction, and birth defects. The U.S. sprayed millions of gallo ... |
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| Topics: Asia, health, toxics, United States, US Military, Vietnam (all these topics) |
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