Evidence suggests that exposure to Agent Orange is linked with a number of serious and potentially fatal diseases. The marriage of two herbicides chemically known as 2, 4, 5-T and 2, 4-D yielded the ...

Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its ...

WASHINGTON -- Exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War doesn't seem to increase the risk of dementia on its own, but it may exacerbate the effects of other risk factors like PTSD, researchers ...

A new national study shows for the first time that people exposed to Agent Orange face a higher risk of developing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), tend to develop it earlier, and often have more ...

Agent Orange, the chemical herbicide used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to deforest the land, deprived combatants of food and the ability to conceal themselves. But as we now know, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering depicts the updated design for a memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than four decades have passed since the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended and the last American troops left the ...

Named for the orange-striped barrels in which it was shipped, Agent Orange is an herbicide that the U.S. military used during the Vietnam War to destroy enemy food crops and kill jungle vegetation ...

The U.S. government is working on a cleanup project in Vietnam for the first time The United States has pitched in for the first time to clean up part of the toxic legacy left by the millions of ...

Vietnam marked the 51st anniversary of the U.S. Army's use of the herbicide Vietnam claims the herbicide caused dozens of illnesses in millions of Vietnamese For years, the United States refused to ...

This week marks the 50 th anniversary of the end of the U.S. War on Vietnam, and the United States government continues to bear responsibility for cleaning up the ravages of war imposed on the ...