Posts Tagged ‘Orange’

AGENT ORANGE: Okinawa

by Bob Hanafin   The below article US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange by Jon W. Mitchell was brought to the attention of Veterans Today News. His article originally appeared in the Asia-Pacific Journal – Japan Focus When I read the article what really caught my eye was the scholarly way in which Jon […]

Over $2.2 Billion in Retroactive Agent Orange Benefits

Over $2.2 Billion in Retroactive Agent Orange Benefits Paid to 89,000 Vietnam Veterans and Survivors for Presumptive Conditions   WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today that more than $2.2 billion in retroactive benefits has already been paid to approximately 89,000 Vietnam Veterans and their survivors who filed claims related to […]

Guilty Verdict in Case of Agent Orange

by Ed Mattson   Going back to the long history of Agent Orange and its chief component, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), Wednesday I wrote about the original studies of AO by Professor E.J. Kraus, chairman of the school’s botany department, at the University of Chicago during World War II. Among the discoveries he made was that […]

Britain burns the colour of ‘A Clockwork Orange’

Gautam MalkaniFinancial Times Aug 13, 2011 The speed of the disintegration said everything. It took less than 48 hours for London to descend from self-styled capital of the world into a circuit of burning dystopian hells. The speed of BlackBerry messaging; the speed of kids on BMXs; the speed of Molotovs and petrol. Never mind the police, […]

50th anniversary of using Agent Orange in Southeast Asia

The US sanctioned coup of Diem sealed our fate in Vietnam by Ed Mattson   August 10th marked the 50th anniversary of the commencement of using Agent Orange defoliant in Vietnam and other countries of Southeast Asia. This is not a momentous occasion by any stretch of the imagination, but like the Watergate incident involving […]

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