"Millions of civilians, not just in Vietnam but in Cambodia and Laos as well, had their lives ruined or taken away."
-Professor Carolyn Eisenberg, in a personal interview, 2018
"The concentrations of TCDD as high as 1000 mg/kg were found in soil and sediment samples more than 30 years after Agent Orange sprays in most affected areas of Vietnam. Elevated concentrations were also identified in foods and wildlife. This is evidence of long-term contamination of soil and also of the fact that a 30-year period is not sufficient for natural decontamination of these substances." |
“Dioxin hotspots in the South of Vietnam are of the most severely polluted regions in the world.”
-Professor Teruhiko Kido, University of Kanazawa, 2017
“No war wrecked environmental damage quite like the Vietnam War that was fought in the rain forests of Southeast Asia… Bombs incinerated trees and fouled waterways. Herbicides killed forests. Other forms of war machinery inflicted still more harm to ecosystems while searching out their human prey”
-Kevin Graham, author of Contemporary Environmentalists, 1996
Vietnamese"The U.S. government, first off, still denies the fact that they engaged in any form of chemical warfare in Vietnam, but the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam was chemical warfare and was a violation of international law.... The United States has done very, very little to help the people in Vietnam and the chemical companies have done nothing to help either our Vietnam veterans or the Vietnamese." |
"Over $100 million has been allocated to clean up the Da Nang airport, one of 28 “hot spots” for defoliant contamination in Vietnam...By contrast, only $20 million has been allocated for victims." "After Dan was born, the doctor did some tests and told us that the cause of his disability was Agent Orange. We take any job we can but the work is unstable...we don't earn enough money to look after Dan properly." |