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  2. Report Claims Vietnam-Era Veterans Were Exposed to Agent ...

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    Two groups published a paper saying that vets who served on Guam between 1962 and 1975 likely were exposed to herbicides. Report Claims Vietnam-Era Veterans Were Exposed to Agent Orange on Guam ...

  3. Agent Orange - Wikipedia

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    Agent Orange was tested by the United States in Thailand during the Vietnam War. In 1999, buried drums were uncovered and confirmed to be Agent Orange. [184] Workers who uncovered the drums fell ill while upgrading the airport near Hua Hin District, 100 km south of Bangkok. [185]

  4. History of Guam - Wikipedia

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    Several Guam veterans have collected an enormous amount of evidence to assist in their disability claims for direct exposure to dioxin containing herbicides such as 2,4,5-T which are similar to the illness associations and disability coverage that has become standard for those who were harmed by the same chemical contaminant of Agent Orange ...

  5. Agent Orange Act of 1991 - Wikipedia

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    Agent Orange Study of 1979 On December 6, 1979, the 96th United States Congress passed H.R. 3892, better known as Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 . [ 6 ] The Title 38 amendment, better known as Title III: Veterans' Administration Medical Personnel Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions , was enacted into law by ...

  6. Once A Component of Agent Orange, 2,4-D Herbicide Could ... - AOL

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    Huey helicopters were used to disperse Agent Orange across forests and farms in over 6,500 missions in a nine year period of the Vietnam War. Image source: Wikimedia Commons The use of Agent ...

  7. Vietnamese helping victims of Agent Orange used by US troops ...

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    Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed roughly 11 million gallons of the chemical agent dioxin used in Agent Orange across large swaths of southern Vietnam.

  8. 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid - Wikipedia

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    Agent Orange, a defoliant used by the British in the Malayan Emergency and the U.S. in the Vietnam War, was equal parts 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid). 2,4,5-T itself is toxic with a NOAEL of 3 mg/kg/day and a LOAEL of 10 mg/kg/day. [3] Agent Pink contained 100% 2,4,5-T (dioxin

  9. Vietnam Friendship Village - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam Friendship Village has been featured in a number of documentaries and TV programs about Vietnam and the lasting impact of Agent Orange. [ 15 ] The German award-winning documentary „Das Dorf der Freundschaft“, created by Timo Mugele and Marcus Niehaves during the year 2000, was one of the first films showing the story of George ...