Vietnam War veterans with prior exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange may be at higher risk for certain types of skin cancer, suggests a new report. Vietnam War veterans with prior exposure to ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (January 28, 2014) –Vietnam War veterans with prior exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange may be at higher risk for certain types of skin cancer, suggests a report in the ...

Agent Orange still causes sickness more than 50 years later. The human cost of this liquid herbicide (called Agent Orange because of the orange stripes on the drums that carried it) is difficult ...

And it led to decades of torture. The Red Cross say up to a million people have been left with a range of health problems linked to Agent Orange. Newborn babies have been born with extra fingers ...

And then also when the skin is exposed to sunlight, it can cause blistering pain.” Then, doctors started noticing exposure to Agent Orange was creating other issues that weren’t just on the ...

According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The defoliant was heavily used during the conflict. Now, there is a new ...

fungus, asbestos and chemical agents including dioxin — a component of Agent Orange. The vast majority of Kligman’s experiments were performed on Black men, many of whom were awaiting trial ...

The risk of skin cancer increased to 73 percent for veterans who actively sprayed Agent Orange. Exposed men with the lightest skin types and those with lighter eyes were also at higher risk.