August 10th of each year is Agent Orange Awareness Day. It is a day to provide awareness and information about the effects of Agent Orange on our servicemen and women who served in Vietnam. On the ...

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According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The defoliant was heavily used during the conflict. Now, there is a new ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Missouri's National Veterans Memorial is set to observe Agent Orange Awareness Day on August 10th. August 10th marks the day in 1961 when the substance was first used in Vietnam ...

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 ...

PARK RIVER, N.D.-Dan Stenvold is on a mission-to spread the word about Agent Orange, its health effects and the related compensation available to Vietnam veterans and their families. Stenvold, who is ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —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, ...

Heritage Lake looks peaceful on a hot Monday afternoon. However, according to a former Chanute Air Force Base veteran from the 1960s, a few barrels of Agent Orange, a controversial herbicide used ...

When Congress created the PACT Act in 2022, it expanded the Department of Veterans Affairs health care and disability compensation available to Vietnam-era veterans who may have been exposed to the ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...