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Agent Orange exposure linked to aggressive prostate cancer
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 days ago
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American Flags adorn the top of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. Ore., May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they found a link between the herbicide Agent Orange used
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Agent Orange linked to deadliest forms of prostate cancer
New study linked to a two-fold higher risk of developing the most lethal forms of prostate cancer About 3 million Americans served in the armed forces in Vietnam and nearby areas during the 1960s and early
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Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago
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Topics Soldiers detect Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and defoliant Agent Orange during the launch of the ''environmental remediation of dioxin contamination'' project, in Vietnam's central Da Nang City June 17, 2011. Men who were exposed to Agent Orange
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 9 days ago
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He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with Veterans Affairs for disability compensation, contending
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Toxicity Found in Breast Milk of Mothers in Dioxin-Affected Areas
Đà Nẵng :: Vietnam | 11 days ago
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During the war in Viet Nam, US troops stored more than 98,000 buckets of Agent Orange at Bien Hoa airbase in the southern province of Dong Nai. After they overflowed several times, the contamination level far exceeded what regulations permitted.
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Upcoming Action at Dow Chemical's Shareholder Meeting
Đà Nẵng :: Vietnam | 15 days ago
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NA strives to hold Dow Chemical accountable for the ongoing chemical disaster occurring in Bhopal, India, which has claimed over 25,000 lives in the past 29 years. The world's worst industrial disaster, the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak, sparked
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Armed Forces Memorial Month
Media :: PA :: USA | 18 days ago
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Armed Forces of wars past and present are honored with monuments and memorials. They are symbols to remind us Freedom is not Free, it is paid for in blood. Those who served wrote a blank check to our Country payable at any cost to include the giving
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Six veterans plead guilty to Agent Orange benefits fraud
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 19 days ago
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Clark and two others have also been indicted in the scheme, which allegedly dates back to 1995. Agent Orange, the indictment says, "refers to a blend of tactical herbicides the U.S. military sprayed in the jungles of Vietnam to remove trees and dense
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Anh Le: Vietnam War, 38 years later, has lessons for America
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 21 days ago
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Let us not forget this war but strive to learn the lessons from it. During the war, my father, a former diplomat and professor, yearned for peace in his homeland of Vietnam. My mother, who had not seen her parents and siblings for decades, also
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Titus bill, VA announcement aim at helping veterans with benefits
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 1 month ago
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Help is on the horizon for veterans mired in a swamp of paperwork that's stalling their benefits. Rep. Dina Titus said Friday she will introduce the Pay as You Rate Act, a bill to award compensation faster to those stuck in a backlog of disability
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