Dioxin exposure: The risk of birth defects is 14 times higher

Persons exposed to dioxin are 14 times more likely to give birth to a child with deformities . Information from the discussion was organized by Steering Committee 33 (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment). Recently, the consequences of Agent Orange.

Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese children are affected by Agent Orange (Photo: CTV) Recently, the Military Medical Academy conducted research on 47,893 veterans and their families and gave results: the rate of children suffering dioxin / dioxin contamination by 16.14%; the percentage of children of veterans with a history of dioxin exposure was 2.95%; The proportion of grandchildren of veterans with a history of dioxin exposure is 2.69% of birth defects.

According to GS. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong and the research team of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, who are exposed to dioxin, are 14 times more likely to give birth to children with deformities.

Experimental results show that only 1 part of a gram of dioxin can cause cancer and plant and animal reproduction problems, but in the 10 years of war, US troops sprayed on South Vietnam about 80 million liters of toxic chemicals, most of which are Agent Orange.

The amount of this toxic chemical has so far affected about 3 million Vietnamese people exposed to toxic chemicals / dioxin, including hundreds of thousands of children with birth defects.

Kieu Minh