Of these men, 629,907 (25%) were exposed to Agent Orange and 1,888,019 (75%) were not. There were several areas of interest in this study including the incidence and aggressiveness of bladder cancer.

The Vietnam veteran had filed the claim in January 2021 for bladder cancer and diabetes, which are conditions that can result from exposure to herbicides. But the claim “was not ranked highly ...

Medical experts associate Agent Orange exposure with several diseases and cancers. However, there is a lack of sufficient research showing a causal link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer.

Agent Orange was a toxic herbicide used abundantly by the U.S. government from 1962-1971 during the Vietnam War to eliminate forests and farm crops to aid U.S. military incursions primarily in ...

Agent Orange was laced with dioxin, a type of chemical linked to cancer, birth defects and lasting environmental damage. Today, 3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious ...

U.S. Veterans Affairs offers disability to Vietnam vets sickened by Agent Orange. But people exposed on U.S. bases have not been given those benefits.

WASHINGTON — From 1965 to 1970, an Air Force mission code-named "Operation Ranch Hand" sprayed around 12 million gallons of the toxic defoliant, Agent Orange, over 4.5 million acres in Vietnam.

Summer Sale - Start Today for $1 - Expires 6/30/25. Nation & World News; The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues. Published: Apr. 27, 2025, 10:39 p.m.

Thursday is Agent Orange Awareness Day.. I didn’t know such a day existed until I received an email from David Hine, a retired Air Force veteran and board member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ...

A veteran of the Vietnam War, Norbert “Rufus” Pohl passed away at age 74 in 2021 after suffering for decades from medical problems linked to his exposure to Agent Orange.

A Paris court Thursday rejected an appeal by a French-Vietnamese woman who has been trying to sue Monsanto and other makers of Agent Orange for the chemical's use in the Vietnam war.. Tran To Nga ...