Posts Tagged ‘ Birth Defects ’

Monsanto’s GM crop debate reopens Agent Orange wounds 

January 16, 2012
Monsanto’s GM crop debate reopens Agent Orange wounds 

  Activists are unhappy that a company that profited once by maiming Vietnamese civilians is allowed to profit again in the country 18-year-old Thang, believed to be an Agent Orange victim according to locals who know his mother, waits for customers at a market in Hanoi on January 9. It would be ironic if Vietnam [...]

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Festering wound 

August 9, 2011
Festering wound 

  50 years after the US began spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam and 36 years after the end of the war, victims suffer as realpolitik considerations offer faint glimmers of hope Teacher Nguyen Ngoc Phuong (C), 31, an Agent Orange victim, walks among other victims during a lesson at a hospice in Vietnam’s Da Nang [...]

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Wartime poisons persist in Bien Hoa 

July 1, 2011
Wartime poisons persist in Bien Hoa 

  Environmentalists are hopeful the first international study of dioxin contamination around Bien Hoa Airbase will pave the way for a US-funded cleanup International and local researchers conduct sediment sampling around the Bien Hoa Airbase. The first-ever international study has confirmed continued dioxin contamination at the airbase and called for an immediate stop to fish [...]

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When foster mothers cry everyday

August 10, 2009
When foster mothers cry everyday

Tran Huynh Thuong Sinh (R), 7, has no eyes and his legs are shrunk. He was abandoned by his parents at birth and has been since raised at the Hoa Binh Village. 28-year-old Nguyen Thi Thuy Giang looks 10 years old. She lies virtually motionless on a cradle at the Hoa Binh Village situated in [...]

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US govt., chemical firms disregard science on Agent Orange

August 9, 2009
US govt., chemical firms disregard science on Agent Orange

Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, 28, a victim of the defoliant Agent Orange, walks inside a classroom at a social sponsorship center in Vietnam’s Da Nang City June 26, 2009 Scientists have always concurred that exposure to Agent Orange leads to serious health maladies – a conclusion those responsible for the poison conveniently ignore. The US government [...]

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From outcast to MIT

June 20, 2009
From outcast to MIT

Tran Ton Trung Son, 17, has won a scholarship to study artificial intelligence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). LookAtVietnam – Ostracized for his birth defects as a child, a young Agent Orange victim found solace in books. Though it’s all too common for families in the central province of Quang Tri to give birth [...]

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From outcast to MIT

June 19, 2009
From outcast to MIT

Tran Ton Trung Son, 17, has won a scholarship to study artificial intelligence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Ostracized for his birth defects as a child, a young Agent Orange victim found solace in books. Though it’s all too common for families in the central province of Quang Tri to give birth to physically [...]

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Activist cautious as Agent Orange experts testify at US Congress

June 4, 2009
Activist cautious as Agent Orange experts testify at US Congress

A visitor to the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City looks at pictures revealing the devastating effects Agent Orange As Vietnamese Agent Orange activists take their struggle for justice to the floor of the United States congress, a British advocate campaigning on their behalf can’t be the US’s intentions. The hearings on Thursday [...]

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Vietnamese Agent Orange victims have no time to wait: activist

March 7, 2009
Vietnamese Agent Orange victims have no time to wait: activist

Ex-soldier Nguyen Quoc Tuan in the northern province of Ha Nam and his three kids who are affected by Agent Orange More effort should be exerted to bring much needed financial resources, healthcare and education programs to provide livelihood support to all Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, a prominent activist says. Susan Hammond, director of the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...