#dioxin — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dioxin, aggregated by home.social.
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"Tran To Nga, an 84-year-old Vietnamese-French woman who has pursued a legal battle for justice for AO/ #dioxin victims in France, also joined the walk, which turned the pedestrian street into a sea of orange."
https://news.tuoitre.vn/over-5000-join-mass-solidarity-walk-in-ho-chi-minh-city-to-support-ao-victims-103260802211327534.htm
#AgentOrange #Vietnam #dioxine #armesChimiques #phytovictimes -
"Tran To Nga, an 84-year-old Vietnamese-French woman who has pursued a legal battle for justice for AO/ #dioxin victims in France, also joined the walk, which turned the pedestrian street into a sea of orange."
https://news.tuoitre.vn/over-5000-join-mass-solidarity-walk-in-ho-chi-minh-city-to-support-ao-victims-103260802211327534.htm
#AgentOrange #Vietnam #dioxine #armesChimiques #phytovictimes -
"Tran To Nga, an 84-year-old Vietnamese-French woman who has pursued a legal battle for justice for AO/ #dioxin victims in France, also joined the walk, which turned the pedestrian street into a sea of orange."
https://news.tuoitre.vn/over-5000-join-mass-solidarity-walk-in-ho-chi-minh-city-to-support-ao-victims-103260802211327534.htm
#AgentOrange #Vietnam #dioxine #armesChimiques #phytovictimes -
"Tran To Nga, an 84-year-old Vietnamese-French woman who has pursued a legal battle for justice for AO/ #dioxin victims in France, also joined the walk, which turned the pedestrian street into a sea of orange."
https://news.tuoitre.vn/over-5000-join-mass-solidarity-walk-in-ho-chi-minh-city-to-support-ao-victims-103260802211327534.htm
#AgentOrange #Vietnam #dioxine #armesChimiques #phytovictimes -
50 Jahre Seveso-Katastrophe
Im italienischen Seveso wurde am 10. Juli 1976 in der Chemiefabrik #Icmesa durch eine Explosion in einem Reaktor eine #Giftgaswolke „freigesetzt“ (Neusprech) und dadurch eine der größten #Chemiekatastrophen der europäischen Geschichte ausgelöst. Die Folgen für das norditalienische Städtchen #Seveso und die umliegende Region waren verheerend. Neben anderen Stoffen entwichen große Mengen der hochgiftigen Dioxinverbindung #TCDD in die Umwelt. Hochgiftiges #Dioxin verseuchte ein 18 Quadratkilometer großes Gebiet, etwa 200 Menschen erlitten akute Vergiftungen (#Chlorakne), zahllose Tiere verendeten. Erst acht Tage nach dem Unglück wurde die Fabrik geschlossen und das verseuchte Gebiet evakuiert.
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Weiter im Teaser.
#CapitalismIsADeathCult #Profitgier #Umweltkatastrophe #Italien
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50 Jahre Seveso-Katastrophe
Im italienischen Seveso wurde am 10. Juli 1976 in der Chemiefabrik #Icmesa durch eine Explosion in einem Reaktor eine #Giftgaswolke „freigesetzt“ (Neusprech) und dadurch eine der größten #Chemiekatastrophen der europäischen Geschichte ausgelöst. Die Folgen für das norditalienische Städtchen #Seveso und die umliegende Region waren verheerend. Neben anderen Stoffen entwichen große Mengen der hochgiftigen Dioxinverbindung #TCDD in die Umwelt. Hochgiftiges #Dioxin verseuchte ein 18 Quadratkilometer großes Gebiet, etwa 200 Menschen erlitten akute Vergiftungen (#Chlorakne), zahllose Tiere verendeten. Erst acht Tage nach dem Unglück wurde die Fabrik geschlossen und das verseuchte Gebiet evakuiert.
(...)
Weiter im Teaser.
#CapitalismIsADeathCult #Profitgier #Umweltkatastrophe #Italien
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50 Jahre Seveso-Katastrophe
Im italienischen Seveso wurde am 10. Juli 1976 in der Chemiefabrik #Icmesa durch eine Explosion in einem Reaktor eine #Giftgaswolke „freigesetzt“ (Neusprech) und dadurch eine der größten #Chemiekatastrophen der europäischen Geschichte ausgelöst. Die Folgen für das norditalienische Städtchen #Seveso und die umliegende Region waren verheerend. Neben anderen Stoffen entwichen große Mengen der hochgiftigen Dioxinverbindung #TCDD in die Umwelt. Hochgiftiges #Dioxin verseuchte ein 18 Quadratkilometer großes Gebiet, etwa 200 Menschen erlitten akute Vergiftungen (#Chlorakne), zahllose Tiere verendeten. Erst acht Tage nach dem Unglück wurde die Fabrik geschlossen und das verseuchte Gebiet evakuiert.
(...)
Weiter im Teaser.
#CapitalismIsADeathCult #Profitgier #Umweltkatastrophe #Italien
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50 Jahre Seveso-Katastrophe
Im italienischen Seveso wurde am 10. Juli 1976 in der Chemiefabrik #Icmesa durch eine Explosion in einem Reaktor eine #Giftgaswolke „freigesetzt“ (Neusprech) und dadurch eine der größten #Chemiekatastrophen der europäischen Geschichte ausgelöst. Die Folgen für das norditalienische Städtchen #Seveso und die umliegende Region waren verheerend. Neben anderen Stoffen entwichen große Mengen der hochgiftigen Dioxinverbindung #TCDD in die Umwelt. Hochgiftiges #Dioxin verseuchte ein 18 Quadratkilometer großes Gebiet, etwa 200 Menschen erlitten akute Vergiftungen (#Chlorakne), zahllose Tiere verendeten. Erst acht Tage nach dem Unglück wurde die Fabrik geschlossen und das verseuchte Gebiet evakuiert.
(...)
Weiter im Teaser.
#CapitalismIsADeathCult #Profitgier #Umweltkatastrophe #Italien
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50 Jahre Seveso-Katastrophe
Im italienischen Seveso wurde am 10. Juli 1976 in der Chemiefabrik #Icmesa durch eine Explosion in einem Reaktor eine #Giftgaswolke „freigesetzt“ (Neusprech) und dadurch eine der größten #Chemiekatastrophen der europäischen Geschichte ausgelöst. Die Folgen für das norditalienische Städtchen #Seveso und die umliegende Region waren verheerend. Neben anderen Stoffen entwichen große Mengen der hochgiftigen Dioxinverbindung #TCDD in die Umwelt. Hochgiftiges #Dioxin verseuchte ein 18 Quadratkilometer großes Gebiet, etwa 200 Menschen erlitten akute Vergiftungen (#Chlorakne), zahllose Tiere verendeten. Erst acht Tage nach dem Unglück wurde die Fabrik geschlossen und das verseuchte Gebiet evakuiert.
(...)
Weiter im Teaser.
#CapitalismIsADeathCult #Profitgier #Umweltkatastrophe #Italien
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"Just days before #France’s highest court is due to hear a lawsuit over the use of #AgentOrange / #dioxin during the #VietnamWar filed by #TranToNga, a victim of the toxic chemical, against major US chemical firms, the plaintiff has received an encouraging signal as a public prosecutor attached to the case has recommended overturning a previous ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal."
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/ao-lawsuit-sees-encouraging-signal-ahead-of-french-top-court-hearing-post344475.vnp
#dioxine #armesChimiques #guerreDuViêtnam #justiceFr #phytovictimes #JusticePourTranToNga -
"Just days before #France’s highest court is due to hear a lawsuit over the use of #AgentOrange / #dioxin during the #VietnamWar filed by #TranToNga, a victim of the toxic chemical, against major US chemical firms, the plaintiff has received an encouraging signal as a public prosecutor attached to the case has recommended overturning a previous ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal."
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/ao-lawsuit-sees-encouraging-signal-ahead-of-french-top-court-hearing-post344475.vnp
#dioxine #armesChimiques #guerreDuViêtnam #justiceFr #phytovictimes #JusticePourTranToNga -
"Just days before #France’s highest court is due to hear a lawsuit over the use of #AgentOrange / #dioxin during the #VietnamWar filed by #TranToNga, a victim of the toxic chemical, against major US chemical firms, the plaintiff has received an encouraging signal as a public prosecutor attached to the case has recommended overturning a previous ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal."
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/ao-lawsuit-sees-encouraging-signal-ahead-of-french-top-court-hearing-post344475.vnp
#dioxine #armesChimiques #guerreDuViêtnam #justiceFr #phytovictimes #JusticePourTranToNga -
"Just days before #France’s highest court is due to hear a lawsuit over the use of #AgentOrange / #dioxin during the #VietnamWar filed by #TranToNga, a victim of the toxic chemical, against major US chemical firms, the plaintiff has received an encouraging signal as a public prosecutor attached to the case has recommended overturning a previous ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal."
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/ao-lawsuit-sees-encouraging-signal-ahead-of-french-top-court-hearing-post344475.vnp
#dioxine #armesChimiques #guerreDuViêtnam #justiceFr #phytovictimes #JusticePourTranToNga -
(2) Note the #fossilfuel “disposable” #plastics of over-fishing industry and product packaging begets the “trillion+ pieces” of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch #GPGP
(3) Burning plastic creates toxic #dioxin
But with no trees for fuel the poorest on the planet are shamed for burning plastic to cook food.#MAGA = Make #Amatil (Coca-Cola) Great - Pacific Garbage Patch - Again ?
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(2) Note the #fossilfuel “disposable” #plastics of over-fishing industry and product packaging begets the “trillion+ pieces” of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch #GPGP
(3) Burning plastic creates toxic #dioxin
But with no trees for fuel the poorest on the planet are shamed for burning plastic to cook food.#MAGA = Make #Amatil (Coca-Cola) Great - Pacific Garbage Patch - Again ?
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(2) Note the #fossilfuel “disposable” #plastics of over-fishing industry and product packaging begets the “trillion+ pieces” of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch #GPGP
(3) Burning plastic creates toxic #dioxin
But with no trees for fuel the poorest on the planet are shamed for burning plastic to cook food.#MAGA = Make #Amatil (Coca-Cola) Great - Pacific Garbage Patch - Again ?
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(2) Note the #fossilfuel “disposable” #plastics of over-fishing industry and product packaging begets the “trillion+ pieces” of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch #GPGP
(3) Burning plastic creates toxic #dioxin
But with no trees for fuel the poorest on the planet are shamed for burning plastic to cook food.#MAGA = Make #Amatil (Coca-Cola) Great - Pacific Garbage Patch - Again ?
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(2) Note the #fossilfuel “disposable” #plastics of over-fishing industry and product packaging begets the “trillion+ pieces” of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch #GPGP
(3) Burning plastic creates toxic #dioxin
But with no trees for fuel the poorest on the planet are shamed for burning plastic to cook food.#MAGA = Make #Amatil (Coca-Cola) Great - Pacific Garbage Patch - Again ?
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Năm 2026, mục tiêu xóa gần 1.000 nhà tạm, nhà dột nát cho các gia đình nạn nhân chất độc da cam/dioxin trên cả nước đang được Bộ Tư lệnh Bộ đội Biên phòng và các bộ, ngành triển khai quyết liệt. Kế hoạch vừa được thống nhất tại cuộc họp do Ủy ban Dân tộc tổ chức sáng 22/1 tại Hà Nội, nhằm cải thiện đời sống, nhân văn hóa chính sách với người bị ảnh hưởng bởi dioxin.
#DaCamDioxin #XoaNhaTam #NanNhanDaCam #BoDoiBienPhong #ChinhSachXaHoi #Dioxin #AgentOrange #VictimsSupport #SocialPolicy #Vietna
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"The harm left in the wake of #AgentOrange still impacts #Vietnam's #environment and its people. We follow filmmaker #MasakoSakata who has spent two decades documenting the victims of this toxic legacy."
#InTheWakeOfAgentOrange: 50 Years After the #VietnamWar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3026045/
#dioxin #ecocide #crimesAgainstHumanity #chemicalWeapons #AgentOrangeVictims #documentary #film #cinema -
"The harm left in the wake of #AgentOrange still impacts #Vietnam's #environment and its people. We follow filmmaker #MasakoSakata who has spent two decades documenting the victims of this toxic legacy."
#InTheWakeOfAgentOrange: 50 Years After the #VietnamWar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3026045/
#dioxin #ecocide #crimesAgainstHumanity #chemicalWeapons #AgentOrangeVictims #documentary #film #cinema -
"The harm left in the wake of #AgentOrange still impacts #Vietnam's #environment and its people. We follow filmmaker #MasakoSakata who has spent two decades documenting the victims of this toxic legacy."
#InTheWakeOfAgentOrange: 50 Years After the #VietnamWar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3026045/
#dioxin #ecocide #crimesAgainstHumanity #chemicalWeapons #AgentOrangeVictims #documentary #film #cinema -
"The harm left in the wake of #AgentOrange still impacts #Vietnam's #environment and its people. We follow filmmaker #MasakoSakata who has spent two decades documenting the victims of this toxic legacy."
#InTheWakeOfAgentOrange: 50 Years After the #VietnamWar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3026045/
#dioxin #ecocide #crimesAgainstHumanity #chemicalWeapons #AgentOrangeVictims #documentary #film #cinema -
"The harm left in the wake of #AgentOrange still impacts #Vietnam's #environment and its people. We follow filmmaker #MasakoSakata who has spent two decades documenting the victims of this toxic legacy."
#InTheWakeOfAgentOrange: 50 Years After the #VietnamWar
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3026045/
#dioxin #ecocide #crimesAgainstHumanity #chemicalWeapons #AgentOrangeVictims #documentary #film #cinema -
Weil zusätzliche Emissionen von #Feinstaub, #Stickoxid und weiteren fiesen #Giftstoffen bis hin zum nicht abbaubaren hoch giftigen #SevesoGift #Dioxin mitten in einer Großstadt echt unverantwortlich sind, die Politikspitze das aufgrund finanzieller Interessen und #Lobbyismus mal wieder durchwinkt, müssen wir #BürgerInnen umso deutlicher sagen: #SoNicht!
#Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung bis 29.12.25
https://fuerth.bund-naturschutz.de/aktuelles/artikel/altholzverbrennung-mit-weitreichenden-folgen-jetzt-einwendungen-erheben 💚
Schickt Einsprüche an die Genehmigungsbehörde [email protected] 🙏 -
Weil zusätzliche Emissionen von #Feinstaub, #Stickoxid und weiteren fiesen #Giftstoffen bis hin zum nicht abbaubaren hoch giftigen #SevesoGift #Dioxin mitten in einer Großstadt echt unverantwortlich sind, die Politikspitze das aufgrund finanzieller Interessen und #Lobbyismus mal wieder durchwinkt, müssen wir #BürgerInnen umso deutlicher sagen: #SoNicht!
#Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung bis 29.12.25
https://fuerth.bund-naturschutz.de/aktuelles/artikel/altholzverbrennung-mit-weitreichenden-folgen-jetzt-einwendungen-erheben 💚
Schickt Einsprüche an die Genehmigungsbehörde [email protected] 🙏 -
Weil zusätzliche Emissionen von #Feinstaub, #Stickoxid und weiteren fiesen #Giftstoffen bis hin zum nicht abbaubaren hoch giftigen #SevesoGift #Dioxin mitten in einer Großstadt echt unverantwortlich sind, die Politikspitze das aufgrund finanzieller Interessen und #Lobbyismus mal wieder durchwinkt, müssen wir #BürgerInnen umso deutlicher sagen: #SoNicht!
#Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung bis 29.12.25
https://fuerth.bund-naturschutz.de/aktuelles/artikel/altholzverbrennung-mit-weitreichenden-folgen-jetzt-einwendungen-erheben 💚
Schickt Einsprüche an die Genehmigungsbehörde [email protected] 🙏 -
Weil zusätzliche Emissionen von #Feinstaub, #Stickoxid und weiteren fiesen #Giftstoffen bis hin zum nicht abbaubaren hoch giftigen #SevesoGift #Dioxin mitten in einer Großstadt echt unverantwortlich sind, die Politikspitze das aufgrund finanzieller Interessen und #Lobbyismus mal wieder durchwinkt, müssen wir #BürgerInnen umso deutlicher sagen: #SoNicht!
#Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung bis 29.12.25
https://fuerth.bund-naturschutz.de/aktuelles/artikel/altholzverbrennung-mit-weitreichenden-folgen-jetzt-einwendungen-erheben 💚
Schickt Einsprüche an die Genehmigungsbehörde [email protected] 🙏 -
The Dirty Supply Chain Behind Indonesia’s Poisoned Tofu | Business Insider
video uploaded Sep 27, 2025#environment #health #pollution #plastics #microplastics #dioxin #Indonesia
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The Dirty Supply Chain Behind Indonesia’s Poisoned Tofu | Business Insider
video uploaded Sep 27, 2025#environment #health #pollution #plastics #microplastics #dioxin #Indonesia
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The Dirty Supply Chain Behind Indonesia’s Poisoned Tofu | Business Insider
video uploaded Sep 27, 2025#environment #health #pollution #plastics #microplastics #dioxin #Indonesia
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The Dirty Supply Chain Behind Indonesia’s Poisoned Tofu | Business Insider
video uploaded Sep 27, 2025#environment #health #pollution #plastics #microplastics #dioxin #Indonesia
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*I've spoken up about this issue multiple times here, since joining in 2022. My family members were & still are affected by the massive damages caused by #USMilitary invasion. The US government used us as guinea pigs to test out their newer #WeaponsOfMassDestruction.
This doesn't even touch upon the countless USA war munitions still left all across Vietnam. *The term #ecocide had been coined in the late 1960s to describe the U.S. military’s use of #herbicides like #AgentOrange and incendiary weapons like #napalm to battle #guerrilla forces that used jungles and marshes for cover.
Fifty years later, #Vietnam ’s degraded #ecosystems and #dioxin #contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term #ecological consequences of the #war. Efforts to restore these damaged landscapes and even to assess the long-term harm have been limited.
#VietnamWarSurvivors #AsianMastodon #USOwesReparations #PostWar #Biowarfare #TootSEA #GlobalSouth #Vietnamese #environmental
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*I've spoken up about this issue multiple times here, since joining in 2022. My family members were & still are affected by the massive damages caused by #USMilitary invasion. The US government used us as guinea pigs to test out their newer #WeaponsOfMassDestruction.
This doesn't even touch upon the countless USA war munitions still left all across Vietnam. *The term #ecocide had been coined in the late 1960s to describe the U.S. military’s use of #herbicides like #AgentOrange and incendiary weapons like #napalm to battle #guerrilla forces that used jungles and marshes for cover.
Fifty years later, #Vietnam ’s degraded #ecosystems and #dioxin #contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term #ecological consequences of the #war. Efforts to restore these damaged landscapes and even to assess the long-term harm have been limited.
#VietnamWarSurvivors #AsianMastodon #USOwesReparations #PostWar #Biowarfare #TootSEA #GlobalSouth #Vietnamese #environmental
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*I've spoken up about this issue multiple times here, since joining in 2022. My family members were & still are affected by the massive damages caused by #USMilitary invasion. The US government used us as guinea pigs to test out their newer #WeaponsOfMassDestruction.
This doesn't even touch upon the countless USA war munitions still left all across Vietnam. *The term #ecocide had been coined in the late 1960s to describe the U.S. military’s use of #herbicides like #AgentOrange and incendiary weapons like #napalm to battle #guerrilla forces that used jungles and marshes for cover.
Fifty years later, #Vietnam ’s degraded #ecosystems and #dioxin #contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term #ecological consequences of the #war. Efforts to restore these damaged landscapes and even to assess the long-term harm have been limited.
#VietnamWarSurvivors #AsianMastodon #USOwesReparations #PostWar #Biowarfare #TootSEA #GlobalSouth #Vietnamese #environmental
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*I've spoken up about this issue multiple times here, since joining in 2022. My family members were & still are affected by the massive damages caused by #USMilitary invasion. The US government used us as guinea pigs to test out their newer #WeaponsOfMassDestruction.
This doesn't even touch upon the countless USA war munitions still left all across Vietnam. *The term #ecocide had been coined in the late 1960s to describe the U.S. military’s use of #herbicides like #AgentOrange and incendiary weapons like #napalm to battle #guerrilla forces that used jungles and marshes for cover.
Fifty years later, #Vietnam ’s degraded #ecosystems and #dioxin #contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term #ecological consequences of the #war. Efforts to restore these damaged landscapes and even to assess the long-term harm have been limited.
#VietnamWarSurvivors #AsianMastodon #USOwesReparations #PostWar #Biowarfare #TootSEA #GlobalSouth #Vietnamese #environmental
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*I've spoken up about this issue multiple times here, since joining in 2022. My family members were & still are affected by the massive damages caused by #USMilitary invasion. The US government used us as guinea pigs to test out their newer #WeaponsOfMassDestruction.
This doesn't even touch upon the countless USA war munitions still left all across Vietnam. *The term #ecocide had been coined in the late 1960s to describe the U.S. military’s use of #herbicides like #AgentOrange and incendiary weapons like #napalm to battle #guerrilla forces that used jungles and marshes for cover.
Fifty years later, #Vietnam ’s degraded #ecosystems and #dioxin #contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term #ecological consequences of the #war. Efforts to restore these damaged landscapes and even to assess the long-term harm have been limited.
#VietnamWarSurvivors #AsianMastodon #USOwesReparations #PostWar #Biowarfare #TootSEA #GlobalSouth #Vietnamese #environmental
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#AgentOrange #Dioxin #Veterans #Vietnam #TheGremlinZoo
from AP.com: The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues
https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-war-anniversary-agent-orange-0829caefe48cc11fb88ab27982da922b
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#AgentOrange #Dioxin #Veterans #Vietnam #TheGremlinZoo
from AP.com: The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues
https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-war-anniversary-agent-orange-0829caefe48cc11fb88ab27982da922b
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#AgentOrange #Dioxin #Veterans #Vietnam #TheGremlinZoo
from AP.com: The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues
https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-war-anniversary-agent-orange-0829caefe48cc11fb88ab27982da922b
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“Simply put,” the officials said, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding.
The shutdown left exposed open pits of soil contaminated with #dioxin, the deadly byproduct of #Agent #Orange, which the American military sprayed across large swaths of the country during the Vietnam War.
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site,
and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.And even more pressing, the officials warned in a Feb. 14 letter obtained by ProPublica, Vietnam is on the verge of its rainy season, when torrential downpours are common.
With enough rain, they said, soil contaminated with dioxin could flood into nearby communities, poisoning their food supplies.Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.
And less than 1,500 feet away is a major river that flows into Ho Chi Minh City, population 9 million.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
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“Simply put,” the officials said, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding.
The shutdown left exposed open pits of soil contaminated with #dioxin, the deadly byproduct of #Agent #Orange, which the American military sprayed across large swaths of the country during the Vietnam War.
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site,
and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.And even more pressing, the officials warned in a Feb. 14 letter obtained by ProPublica, Vietnam is on the verge of its rainy season, when torrential downpours are common.
With enough rain, they said, soil contaminated with dioxin could flood into nearby communities, poisoning their food supplies.Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.
And less than 1,500 feet away is a major river that flows into Ho Chi Minh City, population 9 million.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
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“Simply put,” the officials said, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding.
The shutdown left exposed open pits of soil contaminated with #dioxin, the deadly byproduct of #Agent #Orange, which the American military sprayed across large swaths of the country during the Vietnam War.
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site,
and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.And even more pressing, the officials warned in a Feb. 14 letter obtained by ProPublica, Vietnam is on the verge of its rainy season, when torrential downpours are common.
With enough rain, they said, soil contaminated with dioxin could flood into nearby communities, poisoning their food supplies.Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.
And less than 1,500 feet away is a major river that flows into Ho Chi Minh City, population 9 million.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
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“Simply put,” the officials said, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding.
The shutdown left exposed open pits of soil contaminated with #dioxin, the deadly byproduct of #Agent #Orange, which the American military sprayed across large swaths of the country during the Vietnam War.
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site,
and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.And even more pressing, the officials warned in a Feb. 14 letter obtained by ProPublica, Vietnam is on the verge of its rainy season, when torrential downpours are common.
With enough rain, they said, soil contaminated with dioxin could flood into nearby communities, poisoning their food supplies.Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.
And less than 1,500 feet away is a major river that flows into Ho Chi Minh City, population 9 million.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
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“Simply put,” the officials said, “we are quickly heading toward an environmental and life-threatening catastrophe.”
In mid-February, Trump administration leaders received a desperate warning from their diplomats posted in Vietnam, one of the most important American partners in Asia.
Workers were in the middle of cleaning up the site of an enormous chemical spill, the Bien Hoa air base, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly halted all foreign aid funding.
The shutdown left exposed open pits of soil contaminated with #dioxin, the deadly byproduct of #Agent #Orange, which the American military sprayed across large swaths of the country during the Vietnam War.
After Rubio’s orders to stop work, the cleanup crews were forced to abandon the site,
and, for weeks, all that was covering the contaminated dirt were tarps, which at one point blew off in the wind.And even more pressing, the officials warned in a Feb. 14 letter obtained by ProPublica, Vietnam is on the verge of its rainy season, when torrential downpours are common.
With enough rain, they said, soil contaminated with dioxin could flood into nearby communities, poisoning their food supplies.Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.
And less than 1,500 feet away is a major river that flows into Ho Chi Minh City, population 9 million.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk
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#BlameCapitalism #Dioxin #FossilFuels
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