Prior exposure to Vietnam War-era herbicide, Agent Orange, may increase veterans’ odds of having acral melanoma by ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It is one of the dark chapters of the Vietnam war. The military sprayed Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide, on the dense jungles of Vietnam. The millions of gallons quickly ...

Evidence suggests that exposure to Agent Orange is linked with a number of serious and potentially fatal diseases. The marriage of two herbicides chemically known as 2, 4, 5-T and 2, 4-D yielded the ...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: A US veteran of the Vietnam war pays his respects to fallen comrades at the Vietnam Memorial on Veterans Day in Washington 11 November 2004. The United States now marks the ...

More than four decades have passed since the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended and the last American troops left the country. Yet, for veterans of the war-- and in some cases, their next of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Korean Disabled Veteran's Association for Agent Orange hold a vigil near the White House in Aug. 2006. The ...

In a new case report, doctors suspect Agent Orange as the cause of a rare type of soft tissue cancer known as pleomorphic liposarcoma. Agent Orange is the infamous warfare herbicide that was doused in ...

August 10th of each year is Agent Orange Awareness Day. It is a day to provide awareness and information about the effects of Agent Orange on our servicemen and women who served in Vietnam. On the ...

WASHINGTON -- Ending years of wait, the government agreed Thursday to provide millions of dollars in disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Danang, Vietnam – More than 30 years after the Vietnam War ended, the poisonous legacy of Agent Orange has emerged anew. A scientific study has found ...

Xuan Minh, 3, looks out from his bed at the Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Min city on Friday March 25, 2005, suffering from what is believed to be the effects of the jungle defoliant Agent Orange, used ...