A moving tribute is now on display in Spokane, honoring veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.

The Utah Agent Orange Veterans Foundation (UAOVF) has recently come up with a new design for the state’s Agent Orange Memorial. The monument’s original design was modified in order to make it more ...

Exposure to it has been linked to 50 diseases and illnesses – affecting over two million people. It has also resulted in death – 300,000 U.S. veterans have died from Agent Orange.

In 1991, Congress enacted the Agent Orange Act, which allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs to declare certain medical conditions presumptive.

Today, the VA and the National Academies of Sciences both recognize the link between Agent Orange and numerous health conditions, including Type 2 diabetes.

These presumptive conditions have been added to the long list of presumptive conditions associated with exposure to Agent Orange, such as certain kinds of cancers, Type 2 diabetes and other illnesses.

Most veterans whom Jeffries and his team screen have multiple conditions presumed to be from Agent Orange. “We can talk to their primary care [doctor].

Exposure to Agent Orange has caused crippling side effects for some veterans in recent years, including various cancers, heart conditions, and other debilitating issues.

I feel the U.S. Army would not have used Agent Orange if they knew the multitude of illnesses that would occur. I am a Vietnam vet serving in the Tay Ninh, Cu Chi areas from 1969-1970.

Stories involving Agent Orange and similar toxic herbicides used during the Vietnam War tend to be somewhat somber in nature. And there is a very good reason for such sadness. Those chemicals have ...

LAYTON — An online petition has been launched on behalf of a Davis County nonprofit seeking to honor war veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, as well as veterans ...

Stories involving Agent Orange and similar toxic herbicides used during the Vietnam War tend to be somewhat somber in nature. And there is a very good reason for such sadness.