The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975When Sygone, the capital of southern Vietnam, fell into the hands of the Communist forces. But millions of people continue to fight every day against their chemical tradition.
Nuan is his high, 34, This is one of the millions of disabled people Related to the orange agent. Born with severe developmental problems, lElectricity costs to perform tasks Others take: Da Nang can lead to a special school, training characters, drawn up or simple phrases, their blue shirt fake.
Grew up in Hi da Nong. Filming in areas of food and areas Hi people, affect the generations of residents.
In all Vietnam, US forces sprayed 72 million liters of dipoleons During the war to remove the enemy’s coverage. More than half Orange agent, a mixture of herbicides with dioxinA chemical associated with healthy health problems and environmental damage.
In the present, 3 million peopleIncluding many children, They are still experiencing severe health problems Related to the expression of this product. Vietnam is cleaning up the toxic traditions of the war, which is somewhat funded by the late American help, but this work is not over.
Now,, Millions of people in Vietnam fear that America Leave to clean the orange agent as President Donald Trump cut foreign aid.
Pollution for decades
When the war is over, America returned to VietnamHe is interested in transforming the page to the painful chapter of its history. But Vietnam’s dozens of dioxins stayed with spotlights It is distributed by 58 of its 63 provinces.
Vietnam says, the impact of the health impacts is the last generations, threatening children, and even the grandchildren of the people Chemical products with health problems From cancer to congenital defects that affect the spinal and nervous system. But for those who expose the impact on human health For the later generation of orange agents, it is still uncertain.
When the two countries began to work together in 2006, they focused Find dioxins in the environment and remove them. “The science of the cause is still incomplete,” Bailey said.
The mass cleaning begins
In At the end of the war after several decades.
But the United States greatly ignored the growing evidence In the health consequences, even to its own player, until the middle of -2000, it began to finance Vietnam.
In 1991, the US website acknowledged that some diseases may be associated with exposureCreated orange agents and soldiers They have the right to the benefits they are affected.
Since 1991, he has spent 155 million dollars (144 million euros) to help People with disabilities in the affected areas According to the US Foreign Department, the orange agent is sown without exploitation.
Cleaning the orange agent is already dangerous. To be found in the most polluted land Heat in large stoves at very high temperatures, while the low -polluted earth can be buried in safe terrain. You still need to clean large extensions in Vietnam.
Anxiety for help cuts
But Cuts for Trump funding From American aid they have blocked major plans in Vietnam, and many have resumed, and doubts are prolonged Credibility about us.
AdvertisementVietnam cannot handle chemicals Nuen Van A.N. “We always believed that the US government These toxic chemicals should have a responsibility to support victims, ”he said.
Data failure means experts They cannot be sure when the risk of human health ends. But the most urgent problem is that if the cleaning process is interrupted, now the exposed contaminated soil can reach the river road and damage more people.
In 2020, the 10 -year plan to clean up 500,000 cubic meters of land was launched to fill 40,000 trucks of Hoa’s air base. TitHe stopped a week in March and then resumedBailey, though, is uncertainty for the cleaning of the future American America.
Chuck Sierzi, American player of the Vietnam War, who has been working in humanitarian projects in the country since 1995 Said that you care about building hope You can erupt very quickly for many years.
AdvertisementHe pointed out that those who benefit from the US -funded plans to overcome the traditions of the war were “innocent victims.” “They have been affected twice, one to war and the consequences they experienced. Now for the removal of the carpet from the feet, “Searsi said.
