Agent Orange was named after the colour of its container. As well as herbicides which stripped trees bare, it contained a strain of dioxin. In time, some contend, the dioxin spread to the food chain ...

A new review of Agent Orange research found evidence that bladder ... The herbicide, named for the color of the metal containers used to store it, was sprayed over 20% of the country to strip ...

Agent Orange was named after the colour of its container. The active ingredient was a strain of dioxin that stripped the jungle bare. In time, some contend, the dioxin spread to the food chain causing ...

Roughly 2.6 million U.S. veterans served in Vietnam, many of whom may have been exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The herbicide, named for the color of the metal containers used to ...

Decades later, the legacy of Agent Orange isn't just illnesses, birth defects and continued deforestation in Vietnam. It's also the question of the United States' legal liability for its use ...

Vietnam is still plagued by the toxic legacy of chemical warfare. Tom Fawthrop Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam—It was Vietnam’s ...

Now 25 years after the base originally removed Agent Orange drums, environmental crews ... ways to dispose of the dioxins that leaked from containers a quarter century ago. The researchers say ...

DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical ...

The VA offers health care and disability benefits for veterans who may have been exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides during military service. Your dependents and survivors also may be ...

ExploreThailand veterans harmed by Agent Orange hope Congress will hear them ... photographs or other evidence of physical proximity to containers of the herbicide. It has not been a burden ...

Medical experts associate Agent Orange exposure with several diseases and cancers. However, there is a lack of sufficient research showing a causal link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer.