50 years after Vietnam war, millions still battle chemical weapons impact
Today, around 3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious health issues associated with exposure to Agent Orange.
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Today, around 3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious health issues associated with exposure to Agent Orange.
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00:00Vietnam will on Wednesday mark the 50th anniversary of a brutal war that ended when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to communist forces.
00:11But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy.
00:17Today, around 3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious health issues associated with exposure to the chemicals used in the war.
00:28The impacts on people in Vietnam have been primarily now in the second, third, possibly fourth generation.
00:39The consequence of birth defects and following severe disabilities, both physical and mental disabilities.
00:50Across Vietnam, US forces sprayed about 72 million liters of defoliant during the war to strip the enemy's cover.
00:58Modern health was a product known as Agent Orange, a blend of herbicides.
01:04The substance contained dioxin, a type of chemical linked to cancer, birth defects and lasting environmental damage.
01:14Vietnam has spent decades cleaning up the toxic legacy of the war.
01:40After ignoring the growing evidence of its impacts, the US in the mid-2000s began partially funding the cleanup in Vietnam,
01:48something that's now threatened by the cuts in USAID by the Trump administration.
01:54tried once against the government start improving the asymmetry process,
02:05to some extent along the world was the superintendent of railroad澤 in Japan.
02:08Gracias.