Agent Orange Case Study

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Paying Reparation to the Victims of Agent Orange…
You might have heard or know of people with diseases such as Ischemic Heart Disease, Non-Hodgkin 's Lymphoma, Respiratory Cancers, Prostate Cancer, or Soft Tissue Sarcomas. What you might not know is what caused them to get such diseases. There are many factors that can cause a person to get these illnesses that it seems nearly impossible to pinpoint the cause.
What if the answer was pretty simple and that one thing is to be blamed for increasing the chance of getting any of these diseases? This does not sound right. How can one thing be the leading cause of all these illnesses? This however is true. Many studies and reports suggest Agent Orange to be the culprit for the above diseases. Agent …show more content…

The most recent lawsuit was in 2014. 73 year old Tran To Nga, a former journalist who reported in areas sprayed with Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, claimed she suffered from diabetes and a blood disorder during her stay. Nga also claimed that she transmitted the disease to two of her daughters resulting in her first daughter of dying from heart defects at 17 months old. All of these ailments are linked, according to Tran, to her exposure of the substance. To be certain that her illness was a direct result from Agent Orange, Nga got tested. Shockingly, results from her blood sample showed that the dioxin content in her body was 16.7pg/g in 2013, much higher than the safe level of 0.7pg of dioxins per kilogram of body weight. (EPA) For many years, Nga blamed herself for her children’s illnesses. “I asked myself, what have I done to transmit this incurable disease to my children?” she told France 24 in an interview at her home in Vietnam. She later realized that she was not at fault when she visited a province and saw that thousands of children of people exposed to Agent Orange had similar disabilities and illnesses she had. "Now I know that I am not at fault,” she said. “We can identify the culprit of my children’s illnesses… It is these dioxins.” With enough scientific evidence to back her claim, Nga was able to start her legal battle with Agent Orange manufacturers. The hearing has been set to take place at the end of 2016 or early

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