DALLAS More than 40 years after the U.S. military used Agent Orange to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam, the health-care bill is escalating. Over the past two years, federal officials say, an ...
Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide used during the Vietnam War to kill jungle growth. Its main ingredient is dioxin, which, once it is in a person's system after exposure, can cause many deadly ...
They endured the horrors of war but now aging Vietnam War veterans are fighting an ongoing battle against deadly diseases and illnesses linked to a chemical they were exposed to during war. The state ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Vietnam War-era veterans exposed to Agent Orange appear to have significantly more Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder, than veterans with no exposure, a new study by endocrinologists ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, ...
Until a couple years ago my health seemed pretty good for an old guy in his 70s. Then it fell apart. Now I’m disabled due to parkinsonism and other illnesses stemming from the war in Vietnam, which ...
As a wild-eyed young man who enjoyed fast cars and causing a stir in the Mid-Missouri community of Belle where he came of age in the late 1950s, Arlan Roesner always sought adventure. It is of little ...
WASHINGTON — From 1965 to 1970, an Air Force mission code-named "Operation Ranch Hand" sprayed around 12 million gallons of the toxic defoliant, Agent Orange, over 4.5 million acres in Vietnam.
August 10th of each year is Agent Orange Awareness Day. It is a day to provide awareness and information about the effects of Agent Orange on our servicemen and women who served in Vietnam. On the ...
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Agent Orange Awareness Month
The month of October is used to raise awareness for dozens of causes and illnesses each year. From breast cancer to domestic ...
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The Hidden Legacy of Agent Orange: How a War’s Shadow Still Shapes Families Generations Later
When people think of war, they often picture the battlefield—the noise, the smoke, the horror, and the loss. But the Vietnam War left behind another, quieter battlefield that stretches across decades ...
A rendering depicts the updated design for a memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent Orange. (Courtesy of the Utah Agent Orange Veterans Foundation) The Utah ...
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