Agent Orange (AO) was previously identified as a significant risk factor for biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) in prostate cancer patients. In this study, we determined the ...

In humans, acute poisoning by high doses of dioxin almost systematically triggers a dramatic skin disease termed chlorine, which may persist for years (Yamamoto and Tokura, 2003). In addition, ...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Decision No. 2215/QD-TTg on the national action plan on overcoming the post-war consequences of toxic chemicals/dioxin in Vietnam for 2021-30. Chemical troops ...

EPA concludes that dioxin is “carcinogenic to humans” based on the following evidence (Reassessment, Part III, pp. 6-7 to 6-8): evidence from the occupational cohort studies that dioxin exposure ...

To come up with “win-win” solutions to the garbage crisis the country is facing, adopting new technologies that will use trash to generate electricity has been resorted to. But doing so “may end up ...

HCM City (VNA) –Despite the repeated rejections by courts in the US, the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin (VAVA) will continue to accompany AO victims in seeking US chemical ...

Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) are released into the environment from several sources, including combustion, metal processing, and chemical manufacturing and processing. The most toxic of ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday handed over 30,000 m2 of clean land at Bien Hoa Airport to the defense ministry following dioxin contamination removal. The land area, ...

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the US on September 15 held a ceremony at Bien Hoa Airport in northern Dong Nai province to hand over six hectares of detoxified land, launch the construction of a dioxin ...

Six hectares of decontaminated land were officially handed over today at Bien Hoa Airport, alongside the groundbreaking of a thermal treatment system for dioxin remediation – the largest component of ...