High Time for Responsibility. /
Tod Ensign.
- Toward Freedom, 2001.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 58. Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: High Time for Responsibility, Oct./Nov. 2001; pp. 15-16.
"The role of the US in the destruction of Vietnam will never completely fade from the memory of those who lived through that horrible period. One reason is that the health effects of the herbicide Agent Orange--ten million gallons were dumped on southern Vietnam to destroy vegetation--continues to plague many US veterans and their offspring. Yet, for the Vietnamese people, the toxic legacy of this deadly chemical will endure even longer--for generations to come." (TOWARD FREEDOM) The author reveals the health problems and birth defects Vietnamese suffer from due to Agent Orange exposure and contamination.
1522-3205;
Agent Orange. Dioxins--Physiological effect. Health risk assessment. Vietnamese War, 1957-1975--Medical aspects.