*A new analysis of cancer incidence among Air Force veterans of the Vietnam War found increased risks of prostate cancer and melanoma in those who sprayed Agent Orange and other herbicides,” the Air Force Surgeon General’s office said in a statement…
…Between 1962 and 1971 an estimated 20 million gallons of herbicides, including Agent Orange, were used to strip Vietnam’s thick forests to make bombing easier.
Veterans exposed to the powerful pesticides have complained for years about a variety of health problems, and in the late 1970s the government started to investigate them systematically*
The military knowingly exposes it’s men and women to these hazards. DU is another. I wonder if the brave boys and girls know their health means nothing to the war profiteers.
The real victims of US terrorism are Vietnamese… Plenty more on this subject.
The destruction was also profoundly unequal. Whereas about 58,200 American soldiers tragically lost their lives, the Vietnamese suffered an estimated 2 million deaths. Since the war’s end, American land mines and unexploded ordnance have killed or maimed at least 100,000. And ** about 500,000 Vietnamese children have been born with birth defects believed to be related to the defoliant Agent Orange, with many second- and third-generation children feeling the effects of U.S. chemical warfare today. **
*500,000 Vietnamese children have been born with birth defects believed to be related to the defoliant Agent Orange, with many second- and third-generation children feeling the effects of U.S. chemical warfare today. *
Yet people have been led to believe that the United States military never used chemical weapons against a civilian population?