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Agent Orange Claim Filing Deadline Aug. 30

Veterans can file for disability claims online at VA's Agent Orange Fast Track Claims Processing System.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Vietnam-era veterans who have medical diagnoses for three presumptive conditions related to Agent Orange exposure need to file their disability claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs by Aug. 30 in order to qualify for up to one year of retroactive benefits.

Organic v. Monsanto

Even as the megacorporation enjoys soaring stock, the U.S. justice department continues to look into allegations of Monsanto's fraudulent antitrust practices.

(LONDON) - More than 270,000 organic farmers are taking on corporate agriculture giant Monsanto in a lawsuit filed last March.

Led by the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, the family farmers are fighting for the right to keep a portion of the world food supply organic—and preemptively protecting themselves from accusations of stealing genetically modified seeds that drift on to their pristine crop fields.

Benefits Denied LA USO Volunteer Now Riddled with Cancer from Agent Orange

The VA estimates that there may be as many as 250,000 US veterans who are suffering from Agent Orange-related illnesses.

(LOS ANGELES) - THE RUSS REPORT - Over the last twenty years, cancer has become a way of life for Angeleno Lesli Moore Dahlke who, in 1970, was given the opportunity to travel to Vietnam with the legendary Johnny Grant on a handshaking tour along with three other women.

Her latest diagnosis, just days ago, of lymphoma, is a third cancer which she attributes to her exposure to Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam.

Salem-News.com Writer Lesli Dahlke Appears On POW/MIA Radio

Catch the program at: http://www.americanewsnet.com.

(LOS ANGELES) - Salem-News.com writer Lesli Dahlke is a scheduled guest for the POW/MIA Radio show Sunday, August 14, 2011. The program, News and Views: An hour of the latest POW/MIA and veterans issues., begins at 2:00 p.m. MT.

in 1970, at 18 years old, Ms. Lesli Moore Dahlke was touched by the television images of our young soldiers in Vietnam and volunteered for a USO Handshaking Christmas tour in Vietnam.

Thousands of People Walk for Agent Orange Victims

(HANOI VietNamNet Bridge) - Thousands of people walked around Hanoi’s Thien Quang Lake in the morning of August 7 to raise fund for Agent Orange victims.

Held by the Vietnam Red Cross Society to commemorate 50 years of the ‘Agent Orange’ tragedy in Vietnam; the theme of the peace walk is “Take care of health and improve lives of Agent Orange victims”.

Agent Orange: U.S. Veterans Asked To Help Korean Government Investigation

Uncovering the reality of Monsanto and Agent Orange in South Korea.

(SEOUL, Korea) - Former U.S. Army Captain Phil Steward provided testimony to the Korean National Assembly on Monday, August 1st, on the U.S. Army’s use of herbicdes in Korea during 1968-1969, according to a news story in The Chosunilbo and confirmed in an email from Steward to me today.

The Chairman of the Korean National Sub-Committee asked Steward to help in obtaining statements from Korean veterans about their probably exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

2011 - the Year of Agent Orange Victims

The Dialogue Group is calling on the US government to finance the largest part of the fund.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - On August 10^th 1961, the US Air force began spraying chemicals over Vietnam. Several events will take place this year to mark the fiftieth anniversary of that dreadful act.

The Vietnam War (1961-1975) is known for the massive bombing of North Vietnam. Less obvious and unknown for too long by the public at large has been the chemical warfare waged in the Southern part of that country from 1961 to 1971, whose consequences have been dramatic and long-lasting.

High Levels of PCDDs in Vietnamese Breast Milk from Historical Agent Orange Spraying

The Hidden Horror in Agent Orange.

(LONDON Base Peak) - One of the unfortunate legacies of the futile Vietnam War in the 1960-70s is linked directly to the decision to undertake large-scale defoliation in order to remove ground cover for the opposing troops and destroy crops.

The principal herbicide used was Agent Orange which was contaminated with toxic impurities that continue to exert their influence even today.

Monsanto, and GMO Terminator Cannabis

Now Monsanto wants to control and genetically modify your pot seeds...

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Cannabis prohibition has served to redirect human evolution from that of a decentralized agrarian lifestyle and natural economy, to a centralized petro-chemical military dictatorship controlled through the artificial economic will of private banks and other trans-national corporate interests.

Getting accountability is the first step to resolve the Agent Orange issue

The Agent Orange Equity Bill of 2009 was never enacted, as politicians stonewalled the issue. Let us fight for and pray HR 812, The Agent Orange Act of 2011, makes it through this time.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The letters keep coming and I am just one small platform taking on the issue of Agent Orange. I would hate to even venture a guess as to how many people have been affected world-wide with the AO problem.

My last article covered how toxins in general disrupt the immune system allowing cancers and other diseases to proliferate. Let’s go a bit further…