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Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange win $180 million settlement
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:38 pm
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On May 7, 1984, seven chemical companies, including Dow and Monsanto, agree to pay $180 million to thousands of Vietnam veterans exposed to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange during the war. Lawyers for the two sides announced the surprise out-of-court settlement on the day jury selection was to begin in the case.
U.S. military forces sprayed nearly 20 million gallons of herbicides over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1961 to 1971 during Operation Ranch Hand, with the aim of destroying forest cover and crops being used by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The chemical Agent Orange made up nearly two-thirds of the herbicides used.
Although its active ingredients caused plants to lose their foliage, Agent Orange also included significant amounts of dioxin, a “persistent organic pollutant” which could persist for years in the environment through soil, lake and river sediments, and in the food chain. Dioxin contaminants are linked to long-term health issues including type 2 diabetes, immune system dysfunction, nerve disorders, muscular dysfunction, hormone disruption and heart disease—with even more dire effects for developing fetuses. After the war, returning Vietnam veterans and their families began reporting these issues.
A class-action lawsuit was filed in 1979 on behalf of 2.4 million veterans exposed to Agent Orange, culminating in a surprise settlement five years later, with the seven large chemical companies that manufactured the herbicide agreeing to pay $180 million in compensation to the veterans or their children. Lawyers representing the veterans, in turn, dropped damage claims against these defendant companies.
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:40 pm to John88
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Monsanto
No way. They would never be evil.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:41 pm to John88
Just $180M for our veterans for being exposed to a carcinogenic compound that wrecked many of their lives, fricking unbelievable.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:42 pm to John88
Too late to help many. My friend has been dead for years. Another died last year.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:43 pm to John88
Many of our agent orange vets are dead. I have family members who were involved in the agent orange fiasco and they have passed. Many of their complications were directly linked to the chemcial.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:44 pm to John88
Considering the damn paper mill survivors got 104mil this is a travesty of justice.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:45 pm to John88
Father in Law is dying from his exposure while in Vietnam; his limbs completely numb from elbow to hands and mid-thigh to feet. Couple that with mid/nearing late stage dementia, which they said can also be contributed to Agent Orange. VA FINALLY got him on fully disabled vet status about 2 years ago after a multi, multi-years long fight.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:46 pm to John88
Did they settle in 1984 dollar values?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:48 pm to Redbone
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Too late to help many.
Yep!
My uncle, fought for VA benefits for years until on his death bed. THEN the VA wanted to "settle". I believe he got about $25K and was gone within 2 months.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:49 pm to John88
On a related note, does anyone have any information on when payments might be made for the Camp Lejune lawsuits?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:52 pm to John88
My Uncle died a couple of years ago due to that shite
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:52 pm to John88
Not just the vets have/had issues, but every plant baw who worked to make the shite was in contact with it to some degree for 12 hours a day for years.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:55 pm to John88
You might want to add a "this day in history" note to your Subject.
Otherwise you are "breaking" 40 year old news
Otherwise you are "breaking" 40 year old news
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:57 pm to bad93ex
The post title is misleading, like many on this site. This was awarded in 1984, not recently. The link is to a story on the History Channell website.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 1:57 pm to LegendInMyMind
my dad has ischemic heart disease. That is supposed to be an automatic qualifier but he had all kinds of trouble with the VA and gave up. Now he has some type of lymph node cancer which is another automatic qualifier. I might try and get him hooked up with a law firm to handle it.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:04 pm to nealnan8
It was no where near enough. My Dad flew from Nah Trang to Saigon every other week. C-130's that had been dumping the shite the week before. He had an advanced rapid growth colon cancer that spread to his liver and took him within weeks. Doctors blamed it on Agent Orange ....There was no cancer in my Mom's or Dad's family.
The three sons had to endure colonoscopies every three years afterwards. I said to hell with this after the fifth one ......Not one of us had an issue. We don't live with the fear of cancer ....But the damned government owes us ....
The three sons had to endure colonoscopies every three years afterwards. I said to hell with this after the fifth one ......Not one of us had an issue. We don't live with the fear of cancer ....But the damned government owes us ....
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:04 pm to John88
I have 2 uncles whom both died from that shite.
RIP Unc's
They fricked you both once again.
RIP Unc's
They fricked you both once again.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:27 pm to John88
My dad is one of them. He had to "prove" to his own military that he was stationed in Da Nang for 6 months during the agent orange deal, dispite the fact that his military records show that he was. He's getting peanuts for what that shite has done to his health..
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:32 pm to John88
My father was an air traffic controller in Vung Tau from like 69-71.
Battled for six years with VA from like 2010-2016 for benefits. In 2016, received backpay from 2010 onward.
He has multiple issues directly correlated from agent orange, including breast cancer and lymphedema. VA hospital in pcola does good enough job with limited red tape.
The price he paid for volunteering for our military, plus my mom’s employment via Worldcom/MCI/Verizon has shaped me greatly in not trusting the govt nor corporate America.
Battled for six years with VA from like 2010-2016 for benefits. In 2016, received backpay from 2010 onward.
He has multiple issues directly correlated from agent orange, including breast cancer and lymphedema. VA hospital in pcola does good enough job with limited red tape.
The price he paid for volunteering for our military, plus my mom’s employment via Worldcom/MCI/Verizon has shaped me greatly in not trusting the govt nor corporate America.
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