biodiverseed:Four decades after war ended, Agent Orange still ravaging VietnameseLe and her daughter
biodiverseed:Four decades after war ended, Agent Orange still ravaging VietnameseLe and her daughter are second- and third-generation victims of dioxin exposure, the result of the U.S. military’s use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, when the U.S. Air Force sprayed more than 20 million gallons of Agent Orange and other herbicides over parts of southern Vietnam and along the borders of neighboring Laos and Cambodia. The herbicides were contaminated with dioxin, a deadly compound that remains toxic for decades and causes birth defects, cancer and other illnesses.To this day, dioxin continues to poison the land and the people. The United States has never accepted responsibility for these victims – it denies that Agent Orange is responsible for diseases among Vietnamese that are accepted as Agent Orange-caused among American veterans – and it’s unclear when this chain of misery will end.One of the reasons I don’t support companies like Monsanto is their involvement in this, and their refusal to fully acknowledge or provide restitution to the victims of Agent Orange.#Monsanto #health #disability #American Imperialism -- source link