VIETNAM: Agent Orange victims sue US chemical companies

VIETNAM: Agent Orange victims sue US chemical companies

(EXCERPT) Michael Karadjis

Three Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange — the herbicide sprayed over
Vietnam by the US military during its war against Vietnam in the 1960s
and '70s — are suing more than 20 US chemical companies for
compensation.

The three victims — Nguyen Thi Phi Phi, Duong Quynh Hoa and Nguyen Van
Quy — and the recently established Vietnam Association for Agent
Orange Victims, filed the suit on January 30 with a US federal court
in New York. They are seeking compensation from firms which produced
the chemical warfare agent, including Monsanto and Dow Chemicals.

The US government sprayed 72 million litres of Agent Orange and other
deadly defoliants on Vietna...

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