Agent Orange and Our Legacy of Chemical Warfare
This week on Truthdig Radio, in collaboration with KPFK, we hear about Agent Orange and the continuing devastation from America's chemical warfare; the Justice Department's recent move to hold big banks accountable; the efforts of a pioneering Spanish broadcaster; and the economic outlook on jobs.
This week on Truthdig Radio, in collaboration with KPFK, we hear about Agent Orange and the continuing devastation from America’s chemical warfare; the Justice Department’s recent move to hold big banks accountable; the efforts of a pioneering Spanish broadcaster; and the economic outlook on jobs.
Listen to the show:
Segments:
Intro with Nomi Prins on Wall Street
Rubén Luengas on broadcast media
Fred Wilcox on Agent Orange
Sylvia Alegretto on Jobs
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Military
While the U.S. military used the herbicide to defoliate the jungles of Southeast Asia, it sprayed the same chemicals to kill poison oak and other weeds in northern California.
Vietnam vets and widows are pushing to extend benefits to those stricken with glioblastoma after exposure.
Chris Hedges: Vietnam War, Like the Later Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Was ‘One Long Atrocity’ (Video)
What if casualties don’t end on the battlefield but extend to future generations? Our reporting this year suggests the government may not want to know the answer.
Phil Cacioppo challenged the government’s findings on the chemical used extensively during the Vietnam War after the Veterans Administration rejected his claim for benefits. Six years later, the former Air Force radio repairman emerged the rare victor.
Neither the Navy nor the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a comprehensive list of which ships went where during the Vietnam War. As a result, veterans themselves often have to prove their ships served in areas where Agent Orange was sprayed.
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