Taken from VVAW Supports the Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011: HR 2634 by Susan M. Schnall:
VVAW AGENT ORANGE WORK CONTINUES New York area Agent Orange activsts meet with a leadershipdelegation from VAVA (Vietnam Association for Victims ofAgent Orange/Dioxin) this past December. FIFTY YEARS AGO: The United States used approximately 19 million gallons of 15 different herbicides, including 13 million gallons of Agent Orange over south Vietnam. Between 2.1 and 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed during the spraying and many more are continuously exposed through the environment. Agent Orange exposure continues to negatively affect the lives of men and women in both Vietnam and the United States. Agent Orange exposure is associated with cancers, immune deficiencies, reproductive illnesses and severe birth defects in Vietnamese, American and Vietnamese Americans directly exposed as well as their children and grandchildren.... Read More
