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 ...

Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering depicts the proposed memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent Orange.

The study found that people exposed to Agent Orange face a higher risk of developing myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow cancer that develops slowly over a lifetime of accumulated genetic damage.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Missouri's National Veterans Memorial is set to observe Agent Orange Awareness Day on August 10th. August 10th marks the day in 1961 when the substance was first used in Vietnam ...

A new national study shows for the first time that people exposed to Agent Orange face a higher risk of developing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), tend to develop it earlier, and often have more ...

LAYTON — An online petition has been launched on behalf of a Davis County nonprofit seeking to honor war veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, as well as veterans suffering ...

DA NANG, Vietnam -- The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found a correlation between Agent Orange exposure and acral melanoma cases in veterans. Women, ...

PARK RIVER, N.D.-Dan Stenvold is on a mission-to spread the word about Agent Orange, its health effects and the related compensation available to Vietnam veterans and their families. Stenvold, who is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: This story has been updated. As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of ...