[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES, GLOBAL: "Vietnam airport world's most dioxin contaminated place"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vietnam airport world's most dioxin contaminated place

By Kim Cuong
Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)
May 18, 2012

The Bien Hoa military airport in the southern province of Dong Nai  
has the world's highest Agent Orange/dioxin contamination level, a  
meeting heard Thursday.

The office of the national steering committee tasked with handling  
the consequences of toxic chemical used by the US during the Vietnam  
War (Office 33) reported at the meeting that the airport has more  
than ten hectares of heavily polluted soil.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20120518-vietnam-airport- 
world-most-dioxin-contaminated-place.aspx

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