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Agent Orange Linked to Kidney Cancer: Study

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Vietnam veterans exposed to ‘extremely toxic’ herbicide may be at risk

There appears to be a link between Agent Orange and kidney cancer in U.S. veterans exposed to the herbicide in Vietnam, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Shreveport, La. examined the records of 297 patients diagnosed with kidney cancer between 1987 and 2009. Thirteen of the patients, aged 39 to 63 when they were diagnosed, said they had been exposed to Agent Orange

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Widow of a Vietnam veteran exposed to Agent Orange and founder of Agent Orange Legacy.

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