Vietnam is still plagued by the toxic legacy of chemical warfare. Tom Fawthrop Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam—It was Vietnam’s 50th anniversary on April 30—marked by millions celebrating the end of the US ...

The VA offers health care and disability benefits for veterans who may have been exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides during military service. Your dependents and survivors also may be ...

The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War it stored Agent Orange at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the former Kelly Air ...

Medical experts associate Agent Orange exposure with several diseases and cancers. However, there is a lack of sufficient research showing a causal link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer.

Agent Orange, the chemical most frequently used, was later linked to cancer, birth disorders, and other life-threatening health complications. The extent of its effect on both American service ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Agent Orange was a tactical herbicide the U.S. military used to kill trees and shrubs providing cover and destroy food crops.

August 10th of each year is Agent Orange Awareness Day. It is a day to provide awareness and information about the effects of Agent Orange on our servicemen and women who served in Vietnam.

Agent Orange still causes sickness more than 50 years later. The human cost of this liquid herbicide (called Agent Orange because of the orange stripes on the drums that carried it) is difficult ...

Thirty years after hostilities ended between the US and Vietnam, relations remain strained by one of America's most notorious actions, the use of the chemical Agent Orange. The Vietnamese believe that ...