VETERANS PRESS: Faces of Agent Orange Episode 6 2025 “I am a 57-year-old Vietnam vet who was exposed to Agent Orange At age 41, I had to have an emergency heart bypass I have had six heart attacks since my surgery
The Effects of Agent Orange on Veteran’s Childern - Berry Law The legacy of Agent Orange didn’t end with the Vietnam War Many Veterans exposed to this toxic herbicide later discovered that their children—and even grandchildren—experienced serious birth defects and health problems
Agent Orange and Birth Defects - Birth Defect Research for Children Associations between Agent Orange and other dioxin-contaminated herbicides and structural birth defects like spina bifida, oral clefts, heart defects and hypospadias may be just the “tip of the iceberg”
Children of Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange are fighting for . . . Both father and son suffer from illnesses that can be connected to Agent Orange exposure from when Jenkins Sr served in Vietnam The U S government spread the chemical defoliant known as Agent Orange over 10 million acres of jungle in Vietnam during the war that wound down 50 years ago
Birth Defects in Children of Vietnam and Korea Veterans - Public Health Spina bifida (except spina bifida occulta), a defect in the developing fetus that results in incomplete closing of the spine, is associated with Veterans' exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides during qualifying service in Vietnam or Korea
In Vietnam, the health effects of Agent Orange remain . . . - Science But such studies largely left open one of the most visible and contentious questions surrounding Agent Orange: whether the compounds pose risks not just for those who were directly exposed, but for their children