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Agent Orange: A Deadly Legacy
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:50
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Fifty-one years and counting! On August 10, 1961, America began spraying Agent Orange in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Operation Ranch Hand waged herbicidal warfare for 10 years.
Around 20,000 sorties were flown. Other spraying was done from boats, trucks, or soldiers mounted with backpacks. Over five million acres were contaminated. About 20% of South Vietnam was sprayed at least once.
Millions of gallons of dioxin-containing defoliant were used across vast areas. Concentrations were 50 times greater than for other defoliation purposes. Horrific consequences followed …. http://uruknet.info
2012-08-21 11:45:24
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2012/08/agent-orange-deadly-legacy.html
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And the US Government, the Chemical Companies headed by Monsanto and Dow still will not accept responsibility and pay compensation to the four million Vietnamese suffering today from the effects of Agent Orange.