Landmark open meeting on Agent Orange held at Oregon VA hospital

By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Vietnam War veterans on Saturday called for more research into the health effects of U.S. service members’ exposure to Agent Orange, in a first of its kind open meeting at a VA hospital in Portland, Oregon, on the lingering effects of the chemicals. The U.S. military during the Vietnam War sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange to destroy foliage and expose enemy troops. The herbicide, nicknamed for its giant orange storage drums, was often contaminated with a type of dioxin, a potently carcinogenic chemical. …
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