Secretary Mattis pledges to help vietnam recover from effects of Agent Orange – By OAN Newsroom (oann.com) / Oct 17 2018
Defense Secretary James Mattis vowed that the U.S. will keep its promise to clean up Agent Orange from the soil in Vietnam.
Mattis arrived at an airbase north of Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday to examine the damage left behind by the chemical.
The U.S. dropped 21 million gallons of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War to destroy roads, farmland and trees used for cover by the enemy.
An estimated one million Vietnamese now suffer from cancer or severe birth defects caused by the chemical, which has now seeped into the groundwater.
The U.S. has pledged over $390 million for a soil restoration project scheduled to begin next year.
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