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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...
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...
Joan Duffy, VAORRC Board Member (1946-2006)
On her deathbed, Joan Duffy Newberry, who was a nurse during the Vietnam War, plotted to help those whose lives were hurt by the chemical that ultimately took her life.
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.
Molecular Epidemiologic Evidence for Diabetogenic Effects of Dioxin Exposure in U.S. Air Force Veterans of the Vietnam War
Environmental Health Perspectives: GLUT4:NFκB ratio is a reliable marker for the diabetogenic action of dioxin.
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...
Agent Orange exposure tied to ills in Vietnam vets
Overall, two thirds of the herbicides used during the conflict contained dioxin.
Potentials for exposure to industrial chemicals suspected of causing developmental neurotoxicity
Philippe Grandjean, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor and Marian Perez, MPH, Project Coordinator, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
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...
Scientist: Study may have underestimated cancer risk to veterans
Scientist who worked on a 25-year study of the impact of handling Agent Orange on the health of Air Force veterans says the study may have underestimated the risk of cancer.
Goro Nakamura: Silent Spring-Agent Orange exhibition
John Jay College of Criminal Justice proudly presents an exhibition entitled Goro Nakamura: Silent Spring-Agent Orange Photographs.
Health status of Army Chemical Corps Vietnam veterans who sprayed defoliant in Vietnam
Health status of Army Chemical Corps Vietnam veterans who sprayed defoliant in Vietnam in American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
Agent Orange study findings called flawed
Two scientists involved in 25-year, $140 million study say it may underestimate cancer risks for Vietnam vets By Clark Brooks, Greenville Online A...
Air Force’s impartiality questioned
The National Academy of Sciences and the General Accounting Office have in the past questioned whether the U.S. Air Force was impartial enough to examine the effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans.
Cleaning Up the Mess
American Veteran Chuck Searcy came back to Vietnam to help clean up one of the country’s most bombed provinces. Ten years later, he’s still here.
The Vietnam Syndrome in Photographs by James Nachtwey
Vanity Fair VII derives its name from the number of founding photo-journalists who, in September 2001, formed this collectively owned agency....
The Vietnam Syndrome
By Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair. In the 1960s, the United States blanketed the Mekong River delta with Agent Orange.
The Agent Orange Dioxin issue in Viet Nam: A Manageable Problem
Short paper submission to the 26th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants.
32 South Korean Victims of Agent Orange bring their case to the United Nations and Washington, DC
South Korean Veterans of the Vietnam War Affected by Agent Orange
Symbol of fight against Agent Orange dies
Michael Ryan says his daughter Kerry is a Vietnam veteran, just like him.
2006 Summation of the Our Efforts
The Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign has achieved significant development in its activities over the past year.
Agent Orange and Agent Purple
By the CBC In the palette of deadly poisons, one of the most famous is Agent Orange, a defoliant best known for its use during the war in Vietnam....
DNA injury confirmed in Vietnam veterans
A study of New Zealand Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange has confirmed they have suffered genetic damage.
Agent Orange ’caused gene damage’
By the BBC, Asia-Pacific. New Zealand troops who served in the Vietnam War suffered significant genetic damage.