Hundreds of thousands of children in Vietnam are all too familiar with the long-term impact of Agent Orange. Born with missing limbs, life threatening heart conditions, mental challenges and other disabilities, they embody the legacy of war. Nearly four decades after the war, best estimates are that at least three million Vietnamese and hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers … [Read more...] about Solutions for Agent Orange
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Anger Grows in South Korea over U.S. Dumping of Agent Orange
The following post is a commentary by Peter Schurmann and Jin Kim that orignally appeared in New American Media. View the original post here. In 2006, a film about U.S. military scientists dumping chemicals into Seoul’s waterways took South Korea by storm. Based on actual events, “The Host” broke box office records across the country, a slapstick horror about an oversized … [Read more...] about Anger Grows in South Korea over U.S. Dumping of Agent Orange
Current Strategies to Address Agent Orange
Aug. 10 is marked Agent Orange Day to show support for those affected by the dioxin in Vietnam. Post this Agent Orange Day Badge to your Facebook profile to show support for victims of agent orange. Invite friends to do the same here: http://www.facebook.comMakeAgentOrangeHistory?v=app_139564296078062For further discussions on this topic, log on to www.onevietnam.org.To … [Read more...] about Current Strategies to Address Agent Orange
Agent Orange: Old Problem, New Perspective
While searching for a topic about Vietnam, I ran across some articles about the Agent Orange problem in Vietnam and decided to write about it from a mathematical standpoint. For those who are not experts on the matter, here is brief description from Wikipedia: "Agent Orange is the code name for a herbicide and defoliant—contaminated with TCDD—used by the U.S. military in its … [Read more...] about Agent Orange: Old Problem, New Perspective
Congressional Report on Agent Orange in Vietnam
A few months ago, we wrote an article on what Agent Orange is and an overview of the health effects of Agent Orange on the people of Vietnam and their children. In the article, we sited a very important document, a Congressional report on Agent Orange in Vietnam. The official name of the report is "Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and US - Vietnam Relations" and it is … [Read more...] about Congressional Report on Agent Orange in Vietnam