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It involved spraying 18 million US gallons (68,000 m³) of defoliants over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the National Liberation Front Of Vietnam of vegetation cover. The defoliant used in the largest quantity was Agent Orange , a mixture of herbicides now known to have been contaminated with Dioxin . http://www.stopusa.be/scripts/texte.php?section=CL&langue3&id=24471 http://www.monde-solidaire.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=2295 |
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