Agent Orange News Stories
Agent Orange defoliated landscape in central Vietnam
Photo taken in 2003 courtesy Hatfield Consultants
News about the Vietnamese Agent Orange Lawsuit
The Vietnam Syndrome in Vanity Fair's August 2006 issue. Photos by James Natchwey and article by Christopher Hitchens
Vietnam to clean dioxin in hot spots Thanh Nien - July 19,2006
US Says Willing to Do More on Dioxin in Vietnam (Reuters, June, 6, 2006) HANOI - The United States is prepared to do more scientific work with Vietnam on the impacts of wartime poisoning of Vietnamese with dioxin, a military official said on Monday during a visit by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. More...
US Won't Compensate Vietnam's Agent Orange Victims: Official (AFP, June 5, 2006) The United States won't compensate Vietnam's Agent Orange victims but will offer advice on dealing with the wartime defoliant, a US official said during a visit by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. More...
Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange Conference - March 28-29, 2006:
Agent Orange victims, activists testify from around the world Vietnam News Agency March 29, 2006
At Agent Orange conference, a plea to U.S. AP March 29, 2006
U.S. must act for Agent Orange victims, veterans say Reuters March 29, 2006
Agent Orange meeting ends with calls on US chemical cos to compensate victims AFX March 29, 2006
Agent Orange Victims Gather to Seek Justice Reuters March 28, 2006
Veterans in Vietnam for Agent Orange meeting AFP March 28, 2006
Vietnam War victims to sue US chemical companies Xinhua March 28, 2006
Agent Orange victims demand justice for toxic damage AFP March 28, 2006
Vietnam conference urges compensation for Agent Orange victims Deutsche Presse-Agentur March 28, 2006
Vietnam War veterans, activists speak out about Agent Orange AP March 28, 2006
Center for Gender, Family and Environment in Development - March 16-17, 2006
S. Korean Vietnam War veterans still haunted by Agent Orange - Yonhap (South Korea) - Feb. 15, 2006
Agent Orange discoverer tries to make amends - CT Post On-line Dec 11, 2005
Agent Orange Victims Speak Out Albuquerque Journal North Dec 4, 2005
Collateral Damage Fairfield County Weekly Dec. 1, 2005
Vietnamese AO victims garner more support from American vets Nhan Dan, Nov 29, 2005
Vietnamese, Americans highlight plight of Agent Orange victims AFP - Nov. 29, 2005
Vietnam Agent Orange victims further campaign in Washington Thanh Nien - Nov. 28, 2005
Because of lingering effects of Agent Orange exposure, Vietnamese plead for redress New York Newday - November 17. 2005
Vietnamese aided on war poison claim Chicago Tribune - November 25, 2005
French Prof supports labs for dioxin damage Tuoi Tre, November 25, 2005
Vietnamese-American director shows AO victims now Vietnamnet Oct. 10, 2005
New York Newsday Series on Agent Orange by Andrew Metz
Still paying for the spraying - July 31, 2005
Legal battles over Agent Orange continue - July 31, 2005
Local family continues fight against Agent Orange - August 1, 2005
The Shadow of Agent Orange - Flash video
Toxic Legacy - Graphic by Linda McKenney
Weapons of Viet Nam - Graphic
The legacy of Agent Orange, BBC May 29, 2005
Cancer risk increased for Vietnam vets who didn't spray Agent Orange - Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, May 14, 2005
60's Peace Activist Apologizes to Viet Nam Associated Press, April 1, 2005
Falling Leaves, Broken Lives By Edward Tick, Published in Utne Reader, January/February 2005
Return to Vietnam (Pt. 5): Friendship Village (KTUU News - Alaska, February 9, 2005)
Agent Orange Legacy - Cambodia Daily - March 20-21, 2004
le Bulletin Agent Orange issue- in French
Agent Orange: The Next Generation - Mother Jones - February 2000 (pdf file with photos)
Apocalypse Still - Philadelphia Enquirer - January 1991 (in pdf)
One World.net Lawsuit page: http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/6297
August
10, 2004
Members of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic and a large number of their supporters held a vigil at Roshanpura Square today in support of the victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam. The Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange have declared August 10th, the first day that the US army sprayed chemicals over Vietnam, as the Vietnam Day for Agent Orange Victims. Holding candles and carrying pictures of Vietnamese victims, members of Sambhavna collected signatures on a global petition in solidarity with the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. The petition is in support of the class action lawsuit filed by the Vietnamese victims in the US federal court. The suit seeks compensation from Dow Chemical and 36 other American chemical companies, which produced Agent Orange for the US army. Dow Chemical Company is the present owner of Union Carbide Corporation that caused the gas disaster in Bhopal in December 1984. From 1961 to 1971, during its invasion of Vietnam, the US army sprayed 79 million litres of Agent Orange and other defoliants to destroy over 3 million hectares of forests in southern Viet Nam. Agent Orange contained a high content of toxic dioxin, which caused genetic changes, cancer and deformities in the affected victims and their children and grandchildren. Of the 3 million victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam over 50, 000 have died of cancer and other diseases caused by exposure to Dioxin. Currently there are 50 thousand Vietnamese children with cleft lip, missing or shortened limbs, paralysis and other birth deformities. The Sambhavna Trust clinic provides free medical care to the survivors of the December '84 gas disaster as well as to the residents of the communities affected by ground water contamination by Union Carbide.
Satinath Sarangi
Managing Trustee
