How Does Agent Orange Affect Vietnam

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U.S. helping defuse Vietnam’s dioxin hot spots blamed on Agent Orange

I believe that the U.S. should’ve helped Vietnam right after the war was over because prolonged exposure to Agent Orange has negatively affected people living in Vietnam. First, “Three of her four children were born severely disabled… Truong, 28… cannot speak, bathe himself, or eat on his own.” It would be extremely difficult for a mother watching her own children grow up, knowing that her children will never be normal, Next, “... eating food raised or grown in contaminated areas, thousands, of Americans and millions of Vietnamese were exposed to dioxin. There is no treatment for it. “ Broad impact affected pedestrians and fellow U.S. soldiers even though this chemical

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