January 16, 2012
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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December 12, 2011
As you prepare to study the various resolutions for the coming annual general meeting of your company, being held in St. Louis 24th January, 2012, I ask you to take into consideration the history of your company and the policies you have supported at various annual general meetings. It is a record that very [...]
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August 23, 2011
Investing in GMOs is the worst decision Vietnam could make at this time, putting its food sovereignty at risk, independent scientists say A Thai organic farmer pretends to be dead after eating GM corn during a protest against the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to Thailand outside the Government House in Bangkok in [...]
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August 14, 2011
Activists worry multinational corporations that produced Agent Orange could perpetrate another ecological disaster through genetically modified organisms Agent Orange victims Chu Quang Duc (C), 27 years old, and his father Chu Quang Chien (R) who served in Vietnam’s central Quang Nam – Da Nang area from 1971-1975 during the Vietnam War, attend a computer [...]
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August 10, 2009
Agent Orange victims march on Le Duan Boulevard in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 1 Sunday to commemorate the first Orange Day in Vietnam. Those responsible for exposing Vietnamese citizens and US troops to toxic defoliants kept silent about known health implications, a review of documents finds. US chemical companies that made Agent Orange and [...]
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August 9, 2009
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 â“ a conclusion those responsible for the poison conveniently ignore. The US government [...]
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August 6, 2009
An American lawyer and a French activist say chemical companies that produced Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant used by the US Army during the Vietnam War, connived to cover up its dangers. The following are excerpts from interviews conducted with Gerson H. Smoger, a lawyer who has represented American Agent Orange victims for years, and [...]
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August 3, 2009
Do Duc Diu, a war veteran from Quang Binh Province, walks with his two surviving children. Of his 15 children, 12 have died due to what were suspected to be Agent Orange-related maladies. Continual pressure should be maintained on the United States and multinational chemical companies to seek justice for Agent Orange victims, two international [...]
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June 4, 2009
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 canât be the USâs intentions. The hearings on Thursday [...]
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