The Long Tail of Agent Orange

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 29, 2017

Richard Hughes, actor, volunteer who ran homes for street children in Vietnam from 1968 to 1976 and the founder of Loose Cannons, and Le Ke Son, medical doctor with a Ph.D. in toxicology, former director of the Agent Orange Victims Fund at the Vietnam Red Cross and the co-author of (with Charles Bailey) From Enemies to Partners: Vietnam, the U.S. and Agent Orange (2017), talk about the long-term of effects of the American military's use of Agent Orange in Vietnam for both Vietnamese people and American service members, and what the United States should do to take responsibility for — and help — the chemical's victims.

 

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