Twenty-eight of the former U.S. military bases in Vietnam where the herbicides were stored and loaded onto airplanes may still have high levels of dioxins in the soil, posing a health threat to the surrounding communities. Extensive testing for dioxin contamination has been conducted at the former U.S. airbases in Da Nang, Phù Cát District and Biên Hòa. Some of the soil and sediment on the bases have extremely high levels of dioxin requiring remediation. The Da Nang Air Base has dioxin contamination up to 350 times higher than international recommendations for action. The contaminated soil and sediment continue to affect the citizens of Vietnam, poisoning their food chain and causing illnesses, serious skin diseases and a variety of cancers in the lungs, larynx, and prostate.
twenty-eight of the former us military bases in vietnam where the herbicides were stored and loaded onto airplanes may still have high levels of dioxins in the soil posing a health threat to the surrounding communities extensive testing for dioxin contamination has been conducted at the former us airbases in da nang phù cát district and biên hòa some of the soil and sediment on the bases have extremely high levels of dioxin requiring remediation the da nang air base has dioxin contamination up to 350 times higher than international recommendations for action the contaminated soil and sediment continue to affect the citizens of vietnam poisoning their food chain and causing illnesses serious skin diseases and a variety of cancers in the lungs larynx and prostate