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Overview

  • Origins of Agent Orange
  • Current Impact and Issues in Society
  • Solutions and Plans for the Future

Solutions and the Future

Future Solutions for Vietnamese Citizens

The Unexpected Damage Caused by Agent Orange

  • Relocation
  • In-Pile Thermal Desorption
  • US Government initate more program to restore the environment and quality of life

Current Government and International Organization Work

Solutions for Vietnamese Citizens Cont.

  • Medical Training / Telemedicine
  • Public Education
  • Baby Formula and Bottled Water

Future Solutions for US Citizens

  • Disability payments
  • Further research to identify illness associated with exposure to dioxin and TCDD.

Current Non-Government Organization Work

  • Ford Foundation
  • Aspen Foundation
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Peace Village

TCDD and Humans

TCDD / Dioxins

Land and Animals

  • Quality of land decreased and minimized amount of usable land.
  • Reduced species diversity

Origins of Agent Orange

Vietnam War

Veterans

http://epiville.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/assets/pdfs/Stellman3.pdf

Long-term Impact on the US and Vietnam

What is Agent Orange?

Mental Illnesses

Offspring / 2nd generation children

  • Herbicide, produced by Monstanto Corporation and Dow Chemical
  • Name originates by storage bins
  • 2 main chemical acids
  • 2, 4, 5 - Trichlorophexyacetic
  • TCDD as a by-product

Physical Deformities

Works Cited

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24751345.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=KDlFvYujKNUC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=how+to+measure+tcdd+levels+in+soil&source=bl&ots=R5Qi_hfTQQ&sig=a4oJ4HyO6VVXaCctRsnZxGikluA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDitvP_LbJAhWivHIKHVnhA28Q6AEIJzAD#v=onepage&q=how%20to%20measure%20tcdd%20levels%20in%20soil&f=false

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS?order=wbapi_data_value_2013+wbapi_data_value+wbapi_data_value-last&sort=asc

"The Legacy of Agent Orange." Chicagotribune.com. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/chi-091204-vietnam-agent-orange-pictures-photogallery.html>.

Evans, Sophie. "The Orphans of Agent Orange: Fifty Years On, Children Suffer from the Horrific Effects of America's Use of Chemical Weapons during the Vietnam War." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 18 Mar. 2014. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2579939/Children-suffer-horrific-effects-Americas-use-chemical-weapons-Vietnam-War.html>.

Newton, Jennifer. "Four Decades after Agent Orange - Heartbreaking Pictures Show Even Now Babies in Vietnam Are Being Born with Horrific Defects." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 29 Apr. 2014. Web. 6 Dec. 2015. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2613038/40-years-Agent-Orange-heartbreaking-pictures-babies-Vietnam-born-horrific-defects.html>.

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