The official Day to Commemorate Agent Orange is August 10th and marks the
start of the US military’s decade of massive chemical warfare in Vietnam in 1961.

On this edition: combat, chemicals, and corporations. We’ll look at the multigenerational legacy of Agent Orange — a toxic defoliant used by the United States military in the jungles of Vietnam.
 

Featuring:

Ngo Thanh Nahn, co-coordinator Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and
Responsibility Campaign; Fred Wilcox scholar and author: Waiting for An For

More Information:

Vietnam Reporting Project

 Out of Bounds Radio Show Fred Wilcox interview December 2011

The Tale of An Phuc House

Scorched Earth: Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam

Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange

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Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign  

Agent Orange Record

www.agentorangerecord.com/home/

Remedying the Effects of Agent Orange  

The plaintiffs of a class-action lawsuit argued that Monsanto had polluted their community by burning waste from the production of Agent Orange.

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