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Dioxin Contaminated Soil in Vietnam
Contamination Status of Dioxin in Vietnam
The Vietnamese people have been exposed to toxic chemicals due to defoliant sprayed by US army during the Vietnam War, and 50 years later, they are still under health threat as toxic chemicals are remaining in soil, precipitate, dust and food of all US army bases and military bases.
Contamination Status of Dioxin in Vietnam
Three million hectares of the entire territory of Vietnam are contaminated with dioxin that is class 1 cancer-causing agent due to defoliants sprayed during the Vietnam War. Dioxin-contaminated sites in Vietnam have faced a number of enormous problems such as deformed child, environmental destruction and economic threat to Vietnam up until now. The Vietnamese government has put a lot of effort into settlement of the dioxin problems but has not worked things out yet.
3 million hectares
Equivalent to 4.2 million soccer fields and one third of South Korea’s total landmass
During the Vietnam War, the US army sprayed defoliants in the region of 3 million hectares all over the country.
Unfinished pain, continued damages, but not found solutions
Dioxins exceeding 10 times of the limit are still detected from the area where defoliants are sprayed.
Damages and pain from dioxins are still ongoing, but no one has found solutions so far.
