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...
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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.
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...
Agent Orange Raises Vietnam Vets’ Risk of Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Odds for aggressive tumors highest among black veterans, study found. By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay.
U.S. author’s war crime book published in Vietnam
by Huu Thang, Saigon Times True stories about war crimes during the American War in Vietnam as written by a U.S. surgeon hit the street in Vietnam yesterday under a copyright deal between a...
Ohio Wesleyan University Student Honored for Work in Vietnam
Jessica Schaffner’s life was changed during a 2005 mission trip to Vietnam to study the effects of Agent Orange.
With illness in common, former foes join forces
Delegation from Vietnam’s Association of Victims of Agent Orange pay homage yesterday to fallen soldiers at the National Cemetery in Seoul.
Agent Orange Association of Canada Letter to the Minister of Veterans Affairs
It has been reported that the federal budget to be announced on Monday March 19, 2007 will announce compensation for victims of the defoliant spraying at CFB Gagetown. The March 17, 2007 edition of...
Vietnam Chapter of the Coalition of Korean Combatant Associations of Victims of Agent Orange
Founding Ceremony, Daewoo Hotel Hanoi, Vietnam
The Last Battle of Vietnam (TIME Magazine)
by Walter Isaacson, TIME Clean up after yourself. It's a rule that we learn early in life. Now, more than 30 years after the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, the time has come to follow that rule. In...
Widespread support for victims
More than 200 people, both foreign and Vietnamese, attended a gathering named “Friends all over the world are standing by Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange” in Ho Chi Minh City.
A Special Wedding. Congratulations Nguyen Duc and Thanh Tuyen
The groom is the one half of a conjoined twin successfully separated by Vietnamese doctors in Viet Duc Hospital 18 years ago.
Responsibility of the U.S. Toward Vietnam for the Spraying of Agent Orange/Dioxin
A public appeal of international lawyers and a petition.
Agent Orange: A continuing legacy of the US war in Vietnam
Featured image b/w photo of David Cline (by Michael McPherson); group photo: American veterans delegation (l-r) David Cline, Ralph Steele, Joan Duffy, Frank Corcoran and Dan Shea behind “Mrs....
VAORRC Newsletter #1
by David Cline, VAORRC Severe health problems associated with the U.S. military’s use of chemical defoliants during the Vietnam War have long been an issue of concern for the veteran’s community....
Speech given by Joan Duffy, Int’l Conf. of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin
U.S. Air Force Nurse Joan Duffy addresses International Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam in March 2006.
In Vietnam, Old Foes Take Aim at War’s Toxic Legacy
By Anthony Faiola, Washington Post Photos by Travis Fox DA NANG, Vietnam -- For a stark reminder of the Vietnam War, people living near the airport in this central industrial city can still stroll...
Agent Orange exposure tied to ills in Vietnam vets
Overall, two thirds of the herbicides used during the conflict contained dioxin.
Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society calls for justice to Vietnamese AO victims
Len Aldis, Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, on Oct. 3 sent a letter to Judges of the US Court of Appeal for releasing impartial ruling on a lawsuit by Vietnamese Agent Orange...