The US continues to dispute that Vietnam War Agent Orange caused health problems

Nearly 37 years after the Vietnam War ended, toxic chemicals in the herbicide Agent Orange that U.S. forces sprayed during the war still linger in Vietnam’s soils and watersheds. Earlier this year Congress approved about 15 million dollars for dioxin cleanup at a former American airbase in the coastal city of Danang and three million for so-called “related health activities.” But although U.S. funding on this issue has increased sharply in recent years, the U.S. still disputes Vietnam’s longstanding claim that dioxin exposure causes health problems. FSRN’s Mike Ives has more from Danang.