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Article: `Children of Agent Orange veterans risk cancer'
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2001
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THE CHILDREN of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange during
the war in south-east Asia may well be at greater risk of contracting
leukaemia, a new study has suggested.
While Agent Orange has long been associated with the increased
incidence of various conditions and birth defects, this research is
the first to make a link between the defoliant and acute myelogenous
leukemia (AML). Children who contract AML have an average life
expectancy of just two years.
Last night, Anthony Principi, the US secretary for veterans
affairs, called the report "very serious". He said: "I am deeply
concerned about the implications for the children of veterans exposed
to Agent Orange."
The research, ...