America has never taken responsibility for spraying the herbicide over Laos during the Vietnam War. But generations of ethnic minorities have endured the consequences. Listen to This Article The article was produced in partnership with...
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French court to decide landmark case against the U.S. makers of Agent Orange
ÉVRY, France — Almost six decades after the U.S. military began dropping a toxic herbicide known as Agent Orange in the Vietnam War, a French courtroom in a Parisian suburb has become the unlikely setting for a faceoff between a woman who...
America, Please Don’t Forget the Victims of Agent Orange
Forty-six years have passed since the Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975. While some Americans may prefer to forget its atrocities, and Vietnam is focused on forgiveness and the future, the wounds of Agent Orange victims still demand...
Agent Orange: Vietnam’s ‘Struggle for Justice’ Continues
A Vietnamese soldier stands next to a hazardous warning sign by a runway at Bien Hoa air base, on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, as US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visits the former US air base on 17 October, 2018. (Photo: Thomas...
First Civilian Case Against Companies Who Made the Poison Agent Orange Used in Vietnam War Begins
A French court this week started hearing the first civilian case against manufacturers of Agent Orange , a herbicide used by the United States against communist troops during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, who worked as a journalist during...
Agent Orange Exposure Doubles Risk of Developing Dementia, Study Finds
A new study of more than 300,000 Vietnam-era U.S. veterans has found that those who were exposed to Agent Orange are nearly twice as likely to develop dementia as those who were not. The new finding, published Monday in JAMA Neurology ,...