Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer, analysis finds

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and the Air Force Reserve before his retirement in 2005, Terry Dillon served in Vietnam as a member of the 14th Air Commando Wing at Nha Trang Air Base.
He was there for only one year, from June 1967 to June 1968, but it was long enough to potentially affect Dillon's health decades later.
Millions of Vietnam War veterans were exposed to Agent Orange, an herbicide that contained dioxin and other dangerous toxins and potential cancer-causing agents. Throughout the 1960s until 1971 in Vietnam (as well as in the Korean Demilitarized Zone and, until 1975, in some parts of Thailand), the military used the herbicide to wipe out the foliage and trees to impede the enemy's ability to hide.
"Nobody thought a thing about it," said Dillon, 68, of suburban Columbus. "Basically we knew they were defoliating the jungle areas, but no one I talked to thought there was anything bad about the stuff.
"[Agent Orange] was the least of our worries, we would be hit with mortars and 122 mm rockets," he said.
In 1981, Dillon was diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer, but he didn't link his disease with exposure to Agent Orange.
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