Before he found out about the effects of Agent Orange, Do Duc Diu said that he and his wife visited many spiritual leaders and prayed at different shrines as they attributed their children's sickness to their ill-fated destiny63-year-old former soldier, Nguyen Hong Phuc, sits on the bed with his son Nguyen Dinh Loc, 20, who is recovering from tumour surgery at Friendship village, a hospice for Agent Orange victims, outside Hanoi. try again, the name must be unique Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Please Monsanto Reaches Settlement On Agent Orange Class-Action Suit : The Two-Way The suit was filed on behalf of people who lived in Nitro, West Virginia, where … Le Van Dan looks at his disabled grandson Le Van Tam as his daughter feeds another sick grandson in their family house in Phuoc Thai village, outside Danang. Doan Tue, a soldier who served on 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns during the Vietnam war, said he lived in several areas that were contaminated by Agent Orange. Le Van Dan, a former artillery soldier with the South Vietnamese army, said he was exposed to Agent Orange more than once, including being directly sprayed by U.S. planes near his village before he joined the military. Monsanto and other companies ignored this warning and continued to make Agent Orange with high levels of dioxin. Doan Van Quy's father, a soldier who served on 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns during the Vietnam war, said he lived in several areas that were contaminated by Agent Orange. With the International Monsanto Tribunal beginning this week (14-16 October) in The Hague, MICK GRANT reports from Vietnam with this special investigation for The Ecologist five decades after the company's lethal herbicide Agent Orange first devastated the country - and discovers the agribusiness giant is sneaking its way back into Vietnam with modern herbicides and 'Roundup-Ready' GMO crops.
{{#sender.isSelf}} His father joined the military after the U.S. army stopped using Agent Orange in 1971, but lived in areas heavily contaminated by it, including near Danang airport, where the chemical defoliant was stored. He only found out about the possible dangers of Agent Orange before his last child was born in 1994. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post {{#replies}} Phan Van Lam's father, a former fighter with the North Vietnamese army, said he was not directly sprayed with Agent Orange during the Vietnam war but lived in areas that were heavily affected by the defoliant. Millions of gallons of Agent Orange herbicide, made by Monsanto and Dow Chemical, were sprayed over forests … There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? His older son died two years agoTang Thi Thang baths her disabled son Doan Van Quy outside their family home in Truc Ly, in Vietnam's Quang Binh Province April 11, 2015. Hit enter to expand a main menu option (Health, Benefits, etc). There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts When Nguyen Van Tuan Tu's father started working at Danang International Airport in 1997, he was not aware of the health risks associated with Agent Orange and he collected fish and snails from a contaminated lake nearby for the family to eat. Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease He only found out about the possible dangers of Agent Orange before his last child was born in 1994. Before he found out about the effects of Agent Orange, Do Duc Diu said that he and his wife visited many spiritual leaders and prayed at different shrines as they attributed their children's sickness to their ill-fated destinyFormer soldier Do Duc Diu prays at the cemetery where twelve of his children are buried, after showing the graves to reporters, near his house in Quang Binh Province in central Vietnam April 11, 2015. The couple have one healthy daughter who was born in 1995, before they started working at the airport, and she is now a university student.
According to the head of the Peace Village, more than two-thirds of its over 60 patients are from areas that were heavily sprayed by Agent Orange and their health conditions are linked to the use of the defoliant. Danang airport was a U.S. airbase during Vietnam war and since 2012 both the U.S. and Vietnam are conducting a clean-up operation at the site12-year-old Tran Huynh Thuong Sinh is fed by a hospital staff member at the Peace Village in Tu Du hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. The most insightful comments on all subjects Dow changed its manufacturing process so … Author: Vietnam News.
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When Nguyen Van Tuan Tu's father started working at Danang International Airport in 1997, he was not aware of the health risks associated with Agent Orange and he collected fish and snails from a contaminated lake nearby for the family to eat. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when Nguyen Van Tuan Tu was born in 2008 with same symptoms as his late sister and doctors and parents believe their health problems are linked to effects of Agent Orange. Both of Pham Thi Phuong Khanh's parents were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.