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Agent Orange Cleanup to Start at Former US Base in Vietnam

The agreement covers contamination at the Danang airport in central Vietnam.

(HANOI (AFP) ) - Vietnam and the United States aim to start cleaning up contamination from Agent Orange at a former wartime US base in the middle of next year, the US embassy said Thursday.

A memorandum signed between the two sides "confirms the mutual desire of both governments to cooperate in hopes that cleanup can begin in July 2011 and be completed in October 2013," the statement said.

Monsanto is the Real Food Terror Threat

“In 1998, Monsanto applied for FDA approval for a monster molecule, “based on the aspartame formula” with one critical addition: 3-dimethylbutyl [listed on EPA's most hazardous chemical list].

(HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.) - Acting on information from a “key intelligence source,” CBS News claimed that terrorists are trying to poison our food supply on Monday.

This may come as a shock, but some researchers have already identified several thriving “food-terror cells” who've been operating from within our borders for years.

Dioxin and Glioblastoma in the Vietnam Veteran Population

Summary and recommendations for IOM open session Albuquerque NM 2010.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The tracking of glioblastomas in the aging population of Vietnam veterans exposed to dioxin has been neglected.

The poorly researched and nonsensical U.S. AIR FORCE RANCH HAND study has been sighted as evidence. The Seveso Italy incident is also used as evidence.

Photograph of Danang Girl Affected by Agent Orange Wins UNICEF Photo of the Year Contest

Agent Orange continues to create health problems for children and adults in Vietnam.

(WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.) - A young Danang girl is receiving international attention and bringing awareness to the lingering effects of Agent Orange after she was featured in the 2010 UNICEF Photo of the Year.

Nine-year-old Ly is pictured in a portrait taken by Ed Kashi, with VII Photos, who lives in New Jersey. Kashi photographed Ly and other children helped by Children of Vietnam in July 2010.

US OK`s $17 Million for Agent Orange Cleanup in Post-War Vietnam

Meanwhile, two other dioxin "hot spots" in Vietnam - former US air bases at Bien Hoa and Phu Cat - have yet to be cleansed...

(DA NANG, Vietnam VietNamNet Bridge) - The US government has earmarked US$17 million to partly clean up a former US air base from toxic defoliant Agent Orange in the central Da Nang City next year.

Considered to be dioxin "hot spot," the Da Nang Airport will be decontaminated in the summer.

Monsanto and India Farmer Suicides

Since 1997, more than 200,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide and the numbers continue to rise.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - For generations the farmers of India have sown their seeds, putting aside enough seeds for next year's crop.

The women are usually responsible for safeguarding these seeds. Then along came Monsanto.

A Loss of Innocence: My Story

From USO Tour girl in Vietnam to cancer patient; Agent Orange strikes a cross section of people...

(LOS ANGELES) - Recently, totally by accident — as I surfed the net for something — as I often do, I found out some information that has turned my world up side down and devastated me.

This revelation has shaken me to my core and has left me with a great sense of loss and betrayal.

The World According to Monsanto

Monsanto insists that its genetically modified crops are safe. Their history however includes the deaths of millions from Agent Orange...

(PARIS, France) - This is a clip from the French documentary "The World According to Monsanto." It summarizes the history of Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide produced by Monsanto, Dow Chemical, and other companies.

It was sprayed extensively during the Vietnam War, leading to a horrific variety of adverse health effects.

An Open Letter to all Employees of Monsanto

Next year will see the 50th anniversary of the spraying of Agent Orange on Vietnam.

(LONDON) - A tireless voice in the effort to raise awareness of Agent Orange contamination belongs, Len Aldis of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, has issued an open letter to those who work for Monsanto.

The manufacturer of Agent Orange, Monsanto is now engaged in a battle to take control of natural food by politically implementing 'genetically modified food' (GMO).

Behold the Four Horsemen of the Looming Food Apocalypse

The short list of Monsanto`s toxic products includes Agent Orange, PCBs, aspartame, rBGH, and Ready Roundup.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - It`s not enough that former Monsanto executive Michael Taylor is the Food Czar in Obama`s administration. Monsanto recently purchased Xe Intelligence Services.

Xe is the new name for Blackwater, the largest private mercenary military outfit in the world. Within that same time frame, Bill Gates purchased 23 million dollars (US) of Monsanto stocks.