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How Did The Vietnam War Affect The Health Of Vietnamese People

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As some would say, America is considered a friendly country compared to the many countries we have in this world. Yet, back in the 1960s and 1970s during the Vietnam War the U.S military used an herbicide and defoliant chemical known as the Agent Orange. This chemical compound did a lot of harm to the health of the Vietnamese people. This horrific chemical compound was the cause of many cancers, birth defects in nearly in five out of every 100 children, Physical and mental abnormalities. Though the bombs had stopped falling and the fighting had all stopped the war might have ended for the U.S. The war did not end there for the Vietnamese. These people were faced with far more horrendous effects to the population. As a country with respect of
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