For Immediate Release:
Agent Orange Day 2012 – 51 Years of Agent Orange use in Vietnam
Campaign Calls for 51 seconds of silence and 51 seconds of action
When: August 10, 12 noon
Where: Cities across the U.S.
- Why: Millions in Vietnam and the U.S. and their children and grandchildren are still suffering from diseases caused by Agent Orange sprayed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War.
- Now a bill in Congress calls on the U.S. to help heal the wounds of war!
August 10th 2012 is the 51st anniversary of the first time the U.S. government used Agent Orange in Vietnam. Millions of Vietnamese people have died. Millions continue to suffer from cancers and birth defects which affect three generations, including babies born every day. Around the world, veterans of the U.S. war in Vietnam also suffer from illnesses and their children, from birth defects.
Those responsible – the United States government and the chemical companies which made this deadly chemical weapon, including Dow Chemical and Monsanto – have yet to compensate their victims or clean up the land they poisoned.
In the 8th month, on the 10th day at 12 noon people in the U.S. and across the globe will take part together in observing:
Ø 51 seconds of silence to reflect upon 51 years of spraying Agent Orange and 51 years of suffering of the victims in Vietnam, the U.S. and around the world from Agent Orange, as well as all victims of war
Ø 51 seconds of action to ask their congressional representatives to take action to help the victims by signing an orange postcard asking them to support H.R. 2634 – the Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011 at http://www.vn-agentorange.org
Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign is a project of Veterans For Peace and is a partner of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the National Lawyers Guild
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