It’s been four decades since the end of the Vietnam War, but the conflict has gotten renewed attention in recent weeks.
Earlier
this month, the Institute of Medicine released its final research study
into the long-term effects of the toxic herbicide Agent Orange on
Vietnam veterans, concluding that we still have no clear understanding
of what the health consequences have been.
The U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs also recently turned down an effort by Navy veterans –
who contend their ships sucked in water contaminated by Agent Orange and
used it for cooking and drinking – to get compensation for possible
exposure to the chemical.
The VA continues to limit benefits to
sailors who can prove that they visited Vietnamese land or that their
ships operated in inland rivers, even for just a day.
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