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War photographer Philip Jones Griffiths discusses the pictures he documented and the visions he saw when visiting Vietnamese villages that had been sprayed with Agent Orange, a herbicide that contains high amounts of dioxin. As targets of the United States’ plan for herbicidal warfare during the Vietnam War, these areas were routinely covered with this herbicide, causing many children to be born with deformities. In this video, Griffiths talks about his experience visiting a village with the highest percentage of malformed children in Vietnam. He discusses the upsetting images he photographed and also shares an emotional anecdote about one girl assumed to be “brain dead.”

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The Long-Term Effects of Agent Orange appeared first on Witnify.

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Vietnamese doctors and civilians discuss the ongoing impact of Agent Orange on the country 35 years after the end of the Vietnam War. Although the United States used the herbicide Agent Orange to kill the crops of communist insurgents, the chemical mixture has had devastating effects on the people who were exposed to it. Today, children continue to be born with birth defects, cancer, and other illnesses caused by it.

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The Weapon That Outlived the War appeared first on Witnify.