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Start to clean up dioxin at Da Nang airport
About 73 thousand cubic meters of dioxin contaminated soil and sediment at the Da Nang airport airport will be excavated, put into tanks and heated at 335 degrees Celsiu…
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Vietnam and the US began to clean up Agent Orange in Da Nang
The Ministry of Defense yesterday began to work on unexploded bombs and mines, the first step in a coordinated process between Vietnam and the US to remove Agent Orange…
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Germany closed nearly 5,000 farms
On January 6, the German government ordered the closure of 4,709 livestock farms across the country to prevent the risk of dioxin contamination after the eggs of dioxin…
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An American high school student holds a photo exhibition on Vietnamese AO victims
On October 19, at the Supreme Trading Cultural Exhibition Center in Brooklyn, New York County, support and encouragement came from family and friends, Sam Moehrke, an Am…
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Building dioxin detoxification center in Da Nang
A dioxin detoxification center will be invested in Da Nang, which is identified as contaminated with dioxin toxic chemicals used by the US military in the war years with…
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Female science and predestined relationship with toxicology research
As a woman, Dr. Dang Thi Cam Ha chose to study in the field of poison and see it as fate. She used to come to a place where a high concentration of dioxin was found to f…
Medicine - Health
People exposed to dioxin can have genetic mutations
During the Vietnam War between 1961 and 1972, the United States sprayed more than 19 million gallons (72 million liters) of a mixture of herbicides, including Agent Oran…
Medicine - Health
Nearly 170,000 people escape the risk of exposure to dioxin
Residents living around Bien Hoa (Dong Nai) and Phu Cat (Binh Dinh) airports have escaped the risk of exposure to Agent Orange / dioxin.
Medicine - Health
Find the mystery in 'Death Triangle' in Italy
The area between the cities of Acerra, Nola and Marigliano in the Campania region in southern Italy was dubbed the
Medicine - Health
Detecting toxic substances in car seats for children
After conducting the quality inspection of 150 seats for children cars, the center discovered that up to 60% of seats contain hazardous chemicals for human health such a…
Medicine - Health
There is a link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer
Researchers from the Louisiana Center for Veterans' Health Center have found that in US veterans exposed to Agent Orange / dioxin in Vietnam there is a link between this…
Medicine - Health
Contaminants cause children to grow slowly
A study showed that Russian children living in high-contaminant environments are of smaller stature than their peers in a healthy environment.
Medicine - Health
Joining hands to ease the pain of Agent Orange
With more than 4.8 million people exposed, including more than 3 million people who are victims of 80 million liters of toxic chemicals, 61% are Agent Orange containing…
Medicine - Health
Food is the main route of exposure to dioxin
Master Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh - Vietnam Public Health Association said that after the war, food was the main route of exposure to dioxin. However, high-risk foods are curre…
Medicine - Health
Agent Orange causes cancer to recur easily
Prostate cancer in male veterans infected with Agent Orange / dioxin has a very high chance of relapse after surgery.