Agent Orange Town by Matthew Benns and Frank Walker, Sydney Morning Herald The Australian Army tested chemical weapons on a town which now has deaths from cancer 10 times the state average. Military...
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News and events in Vietnam and the United States, and the history of legislative efforts to support victims of Agent Orange.
First Congressional Hearing on the U.S. Responsibility to Vietnam’s Agent Orange Victims
Press Release: Congressman Faleomavaega, the Chairman on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, convenes a hearing on Our Forgotten Responsibility.
Statement for Agent Orange Day 2008
We renew our commitment to expand our activities in support of justice for Agent Orange victims in Vietnam and around the world!
Dismissal of Vietnamese Agent Orange lawsuit an affront to justice
By Medea Benjamin, Kevin Danaher, Kirsten Moller, Co-Founders, Global Exchange.
Appeal for Support from the Peace, Friendship and Solidarity Organizations of Vietnam
Appeal for Support to the Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling.
VAVA Statement on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s opinion
This is an irrational, biased and unfair decision which does not respond to the reality faced every day by the Vietnamese victims.
Agent Orange & Birth Defects: The Legacy Continues
By Betty Mekdeci, Executive Director of Birth Defect Research for Children, The VVA Veteran
Vietnam Women’s Union embraces US veteran
An American veteran of the Vietnam War has been accepted into the Vietnam Women’s Union chapter in Quang Ngai Province, and the pride he feels is clear to all.
Justice and Heart commemoration statement
Solidarity message to those assembled at the “Justice and Heart” commemoration today in Hanoi.
Agent Orange May Boost Vietnam Vets’ Hypertension Risk
Federal report also revisits risks for a number of cancers. By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong speaking event
Vietnam Agent Orange public health tour featuring Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Medical University of HCM City and Director General of Ngoc Tam Hospital Corporation
of HCM City.
A healing agent for Vietnam
Published by the Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin Opinion / Viewpoint Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in the U.S. Monday for a week-long business trip, accompanied by his...
New U.S.-Vietnam group tackles toxic legacy of war
HANOI (Reuters) - Seven prominent Vietnamese and Americans will work together to support humanitarian efforts in cleaning up wartime dioxin, or "agent orange" in Vietnam, the U.S.-based Ford...
Agent Orange Still Haunts Vietnam, U.S.
Poisonous legacy of Agent Orange has emerged anew with a scientific study that has found extraordinarily high levels of health-threatening contamination.
Agent Orange specimens await fate
A group of Vietnam veterans has come together every few years to contribute bits of flesh and bodily fluids to help answer a grim question.
This struggle for justice depends on all of us!
Appeal of Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin Hanoi, June 1, 2007 The Vietnam War has passed for almost 30 years, yet several million Vietnamese are still suffering physically and mentally...
Central American Plantation workers look for justice in the North
After years of toil in Central American fields where they say pesticide use made them sterile, they're suing Dow, Dole and other firms in L.A. By T. Christian Miller, LA Times Chinandega, Nicaragua...
Veterans Exposed To Agent Orange Have Higher Rates Of Prostate Cancer Recurrence
by ScienceDaily / Source the Medical College of Georgia Science Daily -- Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have a 48 percent increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence following surgery than their...