re: Agent Orange in Vietnam

I don’t know anyone impacted by Agent Orange in Vietnam, but I did personally know someone in the Army who got brain cancer (and eventually died from it) after being stationed at Karshi-Khanabad, known as K2, in Uzbekistan during the early days of the war in Afghanistan. K2 is an old Soviet based that was leased by the U.S. because of its proximity to Al Qaeda targets in northern Afghanistan. The thing is, the base was contaminated from chemical weapons remnants and processed uranium. There was a black goo that would actually ooze from the ground in and around parts of the base. A bunch of servicemen who were stationed there wound up with various forms of cancer. It took a long time for the government to provide benefits to cover their medical expenses related to their cancers. I don’t think the U.S. government has ever fully acknowledged that K2 was the cause of their cancers.

Ah. You were still talking about the downvoters. I would've assumed you kept it to one post. It looked like you were trying to respond to someone specific. My grandfather was also drafted to Vietnam with a young son (my dad). Never talked about his experience to me so I have no idea if he ever encountered Agent Orange. But you don't have to convince me about its ill effects or the government fighting its culpability.

My wife's grandfather was a helicopter pilot with the jolly green giants and made a career being a test pilot for the air force in the years thereafter. An excellent human being, to say the least. So excellent that it gives me goosebumps just thinking about that man.

He was affected by his exposure to it and wound up getting some type of extra funding for his healthcare due to it. It's been years since that went down so I can't remember the details, but it had adverse effects to his health.

How do you know? Several poster said it might have happened to the children of vets. Did it affect his sperm in some way? Ah, the government released data. Got it. Yeah I trust them MOFO’s. They denied people were even sprayed with it for the longest time. They deny everything and later come back and admit it. Denied it had anything to do with my father’s illnesses. Denied it killed him. The head of the VA is Louisiana was friend of my dads and told him that his brother had all the stuff my dad had and it was agent orange related. It killed his brother. You can kiss my arse.

Funny, I just googled it and found multiple articles about the effects on children and grandchildren.
Agent Orange

Had Follicular Cancer Non Hodgkins Lymphoma
In my Thyroids.

Both Thyroids removed. There are far worse things but without Proper Medication it can make you crazy.

Survived Mortar Attacks but suffered over 50 years with Agent Orange.
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Articles are all over about it. I can give you 100’s.
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Yes, my dad, and it was determined to be a cause of the cancer that ended his life a couple years ago.

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Funny, I just googled it and found multiple articles about the effects on children and grandchildren.

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You have not shown me a single epidemiological study showing a correlation.

You link off the all wall websites that clearly says veterans are not scientists (the veterans are the ones saying there is a link, not a reputable doctor or scientific agency) and one that sites a rat study from 2012. As I said before, if you are a rat there is a small percentage chance you there might be some correlation to a birth defect, but not immune deficienices..

I don’t make the science, I just read it and understand it.

Agent Orange wreaked havoc on a Lot of veterans. You trying to credit your sickness to that, with no reputable scientific support, takes away from what they credibly went through.

You Mentioned downvotes. I am telling you it has nothing to do with your father’s wretched suffering from Agent Orange. It is about you making his suffering about you and your sister being sick when there is no reputable science to support that.

Same with mine. He flew in the bird dogs. Years later nonHodgkins attributed to Agent Orange. Beat that and died at 72 from lung. I mourn your loss.