50 years after the Vietnam War, why the toxic legacy of Agent Orange still haunts millions

Between 1961 and 1971, the US military sprayed over 72 million litres of herbicides in Vietnam, including more than 45 million litres of Agent Orange, contaminated with toxic dioxin. Today, over three million Vietnamese suffer health complications, including at least 150,000 children with birth defects, while hundreds of thousands of veterans report cancer and chronic illnesses linked to exposure

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