Fallen Leaves, Broken Lives. Edward Tick.
by Tick, Edward; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 47Environment. Publisher: Utne Reader, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Birth defects | Agent Orange | Health risk assessment | People with disabilities | Vietnam -- Environmental conditions | Vietnamese -- Attitudes | Vietnamese War (1957-1975) -- Medical aspects | War victimsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Between 1962 and 1971, in an effort to expose guerrilla forces hiding in forested areas, the United States military sprayed 11.7 million gallons of an herbicide known as Agent Orange on Viet Nam. By Vietnamese count, 4.5 million of 25.5 million acres of forest and 585,000 of 7 million acres of cultivated land were destroyed. The Central Highlands were hit particularly hard: The timberlands, once thick with 120-foot trees, were reduced to matchsticks; the jungles were left muddy and barren." (UTNE READER) This article discusses the tragic legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam, noting that "while the environmental ruin wrought by this wartime tactic remains a subject of great concern, the Vietnamese are especially haunted by Agent Orange's effect on their physical health."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Fallen Leaves, Broken Lives, Jan./Feb. 2005; pp. 72-77.
"Between 1962 and 1971, in an effort to expose guerrilla forces hiding in forested areas, the United States military sprayed 11.7 million gallons of an herbicide known as Agent Orange on Viet Nam. By Vietnamese count, 4.5 million of 25.5 million acres of forest and 585,000 of 7 million acres of cultivated land were destroyed. The Central Highlands were hit particularly hard: The timberlands, once thick with 120-foot trees, were reduced to matchsticks; the jungles were left muddy and barren." (UTNE READER) This article discusses the tragic legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam, noting that "while the environmental ruin wrought by this wartime tactic remains a subject of great concern, the Vietnamese are especially haunted by Agent Orange's effect on their physical health."
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