I am a 57-year-old Vietnam vet who was exposed to Agent Orange. At age 41, I had to have an emergency heart bypass. I have ...

The VA needs to recognize that multiple birth defects from the father’s exposure in Vietnam are also the result of exposure to Agent Orange. Celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City on April 30, 2025 ...

Decades later, the legacy of Agent Orange isn't just illnesses, birth defects and continued deforestation in Vietnam. It's also the question of the United States' legal liability for its use, how ...

The move responded to a record-low birth rate that has persisted below population replacement levels for three years, ...

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but the disaster unleashed by American use of Agent Orange continues ... a type of chemical linked to cancer, birth defects and lasting environmental damage.

The main health consequences are birth defects and cancer. Excess barrels of Agent Orange rusting on a beach on Johnson Atoll in 1976. | Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain ...

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 ...

A person's genetic makeup is determined at conception. It is then, during the nuclear events of fertilization, that the genetic causes of many birth defects are determined.For example, chromosomal ...