[CPEO-MEF] Agent Orange and Vietnam

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

US, Vietnam to Cooperate on Agent Orange Damage

By Matt Steinglass
Voice of America
June 26, 2007

When Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met United States President 
George Bush in Washington last week, they announced new efforts to 
tackle the damage caused by Agent Orange. Although the countries agreed 
victims of Agent Orange need help, scientists are still arguing over how 
harmful the chemical defoliant really was. Matt Steinglass has more from 
Hanoi.

Vietnam claims about three million of its citizens suffer health 
problems stemming from Agent Orange, which U.S. forces sprayed on 
Vietnamese jungles during the Vietnam War. The defoliant contained high 
levels of the toxic chemical dioxin.

For many years, the United States rejected Vietnamese appeals for 
compensation for these victims, saying claims that diseases were caused 
by Agent Orange were not supported scientifically.

But recently, the U.S. has increased funding for medical aid to people 
with disabilities in Vietnam, and the U.S. Congress has appropriated $3 
million for cleanup and treatment of dioxin-related illnesses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-06-26-voa6.cfm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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