‘If we took the bag to Congress they wouldn’t want to be messin’ with it’
44 Million Litres Sprayed in the Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans And Their Families Share Stories of Exposure, Illness And Frustration Continue Reading
Agent Orange
Veterans and Agent Orange Update 2012
Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Ninth Biennial Update); Board on the Health of Select Populations;Institute of Medicine. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US);2014 Mar 6. ISBN-13: 978-0-309-28886-6 ISBN-10: 0-309-28886-X From 1962… Continue Reading
Agent Orange: Former Victorian employees exposed to toxic chemicals report serious health problems
Former Victorian Crown Lands Department employees say their health has suffered after being exposed to toxic chemicals like cyanide and Agent Orange, which were used to kill off weeds and animals from 1965 to 1995. By Tim Lamacraft The Victorian… Continue Reading
Veteran Service Office. (VSO) seeing more Agent Orange cases
The U.S. military sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange and other herbicides on trees and vegetation during the Vietnam War. Now, several decades later, veterans are arriving at the Hubbard County Veteran Service Office with questions about AO,… Continue Reading
Sen. Moran introduces bill to address lingering Agent Orange Generational problems in veterans
WICHITA, Kansas — A national group of Vietnam veterans gathered in Wichita Thursday to discuss issues with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Among the issues discussed at the Vietnam Veterans of America Kansas State Council town hall meeting, were the… Continue Reading
APHA Agent Orange Policy Number: 20075
Nov 06 2007 APHA Agent Orange Policy: Date: 11/6/2007 – Policy Number 20075 passed by the APHA Governing Council November 6, 2007 http://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2014/07/29/13/22/agent-orange Policy Date: 11/6/2007 Policy Number: 20075 It is estimated that between 1961 and 1971, approximately 77 million… Continue Reading
Victims of Agent Orange Vietnam
10 July 2009 Article from: Australian Doctor ” Vietnam Victims of the Defoliant Agent Orange play at a social sponsorship centre in Danang City, Vietnam. . About 18 million gallons of the defoliant was dropped by US Warplanes on Southern… Continue Reading
New battle for Vietnam vets
3rd April 2006 THE Government must finally allow Vietnam veterans to “live, and die, in peace and dignity”, says Wairarapa Vietnam veterans spokesman Tweet Bird. Mr Bird, 56, was speaking after making submissions this month to the Agent Orange Joint… Continue Reading
U.S. Urges Judge to Dismiss Suit on Chemical Use in Vietnam War
February 28, 2005 he Justice Department is urging a federal judge in Brooklyn to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at forcing a re-examination of one of the most contentious issues of the Vietnam War, the use of the defoliant Agent Orange.… Continue Reading
New Zealand supplied Agent Orange
Jan 10, 2005 TOXIC： The government has acknowledged its role in supplying the chemicals to a US base during the war in Vietnam, and a class suit action appears to be imminent New Zealand supplied Agent Orange chemicals to the… Continue Reading
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