US starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam : News : CNYcentral.com

Ho Thi Lang, left, combs Ngo Diep Uyen's hair after her nap at a rehabilitation center in Danang, Vietnam. The children were born with physical and mental disabilities that the center's director said were caused by their parents' exposure to the chemical dioxin in the defoliant Agent Orange. / AP photo

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US starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange nearly 4 decades after Vietnam War's end

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