Agent of Influence

Like the US Vets, the Vietnam people have suffered even more due to the effects of Agent Orange.

What is sad is the continuing cover-up of AO by our Govt, Monsanto and Dow Chemical.

There are existing court documents (memo’s and affidavits) that prove when the AO was being developed,  Monsanto and Dow Chemical (and other companies) knew of the danger to humans as their own people were getting sick.  They also told some members of our Congress about the dangers of TCDD, a dangerous compound of AO.  They all decided to hide the info (cover-up) from the American people.

European countries making a similar herbicide found that it needed to cook longer to make it safer and they notified the US companies of what they found.  Because the extra cooking would delay delivery time on their contracts, the US  companies all decided against the extra cooking (read this as profits).

When the US Veterans filed a Class Action against Monsanto and Dow Chemical, all of the above cover-ups came out.  We would win many of the court cases as each step was appealed to the next higher Court by all.  A couple of years ago we lost our appeals and our class action case was sent on to the the next step, US Supreme Court, where again Political pressure kicked in and they refused to hear our case.  The US Vets
that were exposed to AO lost again.

This article indicates that all US Vietnam Vets get free medical care and compensation from illnesses related to AO. What it doesn’t tell, is that Vets exposed to AO outside of Vietnam (like Cambodia, Korea, Guam Laos, Johnston Atoll (Island), Navy people serving off of the coast of Vietnam, and numerous US bases where AO was sprayed or leaked are routinely turned down for VA compensation and sometimes medical.

So many of the diseases related to Agent Orange are deadly and incurable.  Surgeries and Chemo can’t stop the effects of many of the cancers, only give a little more time to try and fight VA so your family will get a pension when you die (only if you are 100% disabled). Unfortunately, so many Vets die before they finally win their case with VA.  What’s worse is some of the Vet’s children have horrible diseases too.

The companies and our Govt involved in these cover-ups of the dangers of Agent Orange should pay compensation to all exposed to AO and ill, whether it be here in the US, or in Vietnam, or any of the other countries that were affected by the use or storage of AO.

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