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The victims of American "devil Orange" in Vietnam
Her children 21 and 16 years, but they still cry at night, turning over, screaming in pain and suck your fingers to relax. Tran Thi Gai, which itself is almost asleep, he sings lullabies. Children Gai confined to a wheelchair, they were born in the village came under the spread of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The woman said that their health problems were caused by dioxin - a poisonous chemical in the herbicide that the US Army used the spray on the territory of the communist forces. 35 years after the end of the Vietnam War, was left only the legacy of Agent Orange. Tran Van Tram and Tran Thi Dan needs help. Their four grown children crawl on all fours through the house. They can not be straightened, and with a support are just a few steps, without more. 61-year-old Tram said that their children were born healthy, but in a year they still did not know how to roll. They could not speak. Tram remembers how US soldiers sprayed Agent Orange over his village in the province of Three Kuan, near the former demilitarized zone separating North and South Vietnam. Once every day he fished in nearby lakes and streams. And now he and his wife devote all his time to the care of sick children.
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1. Nguyen Son Lam Three (foreground) and his sister Nguyen Thi Hang sit at home in the town of Cam Lo, Vietnam. Their hands are tied behind their backs, so they do not hurt yourself. Brother and sister were born with physical and mental disabilities, where their parents and the local authorities blamed Agent Orange splashing in the region during the Vietnam war. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
2. The 60-year-old Tran Van Tram at his home in the village of Cam Tuyen. He and his wife are raising four children with disabilities. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
3. Children run past a wheelchair, standing near an old chicken coop near the house Tran Van Tram. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder
4. 45-year-old Tran Thi Gai calms his 21-year-old daughter Nguyen Thi Thai. In the foreground is her second 16-year-old daughter Nguyen Thi Thuyet. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
5. Nguyen Thi Tay (left) and Nguyen Thi Thuyet sit in a wheelchair from his home. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
6. Portrait bust of Ho Chi Minh is on the table in the house. In the period from 1962 to 1971 the US military sprayed about 11 million gallons of Agent Orange in the marshlands of southern part of Vietnam. Dioxin is still in the soil and in the form of sediment in lakes and rivers. It gets into food through fish and other fat. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
7. Tran Van Lam (left) and Tran Van Hoang sit in a house in the village of Cam Tuyen. Vietnamese authorities say that more than 4 million people suffered poisoning herbicide "Agent Orange" and more than 3 million suffer from severe hereditary diseases. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
8. Tran Van Hoang is on all fours to his house. The US government claims that the number of people affected by Agent Orange is much less, and that the Vietnamese vain accuse the United States. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
9. Tran Van Luan watching TV while his sister Tran Thi Luu sitting on a bed in their house in the village of Cam Tuyen. The US spends a paltry funds from its budget for aid to Vietnam. Last year, the US provided $ 80 million for AIDS in Vietnam, where the rate of the disease is relatively low. However, to help the victims from the effects of Agent Orange it took only 3 million. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
10. 45-year-old Tran Thi Gai calms her daughter 21-year-old Nguyen Thi Tai (right). Tests conducted by the Canadian Organization for the Protection of the Environment showed that the greater part of Vietnam dioxin levels do not exceed critical. However, in some "hot spots" it is quite high. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
11. Nguyen Thi Tai looks out the window from her bed. Vietnam's own research shows that the birth rate of children with disabilities in the areas where Agent Orange had been distributed, much higher than in the "clean" regions. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
12. From left to right: Tran Van Hoang, Tran Van Lam, Tran Van Luan Tran Thi Luu and sit on the porch of his home in the village of Cam Tuyen. One of the Representatives of environmental Le Ke Son found that dioxin - the most toxic and hazardous substances on earth. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
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12 sad photo via Bigpicture
1. Nguyen Son Lam Three (foreground) and his sister Nguyen Thi Hang sit at home in the town of Cam Lo, Vietnam. Their hands are tied behind their backs, so they do not hurt yourself. Brother and sister were born with physical and mental disabilities, where their parents and the local authorities blamed Agent Orange splashing in the region during the Vietnam war. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
2. The 60-year-old Tran Van Tram at his home in the village of Cam Tuyen. He and his wife are raising four children with disabilities. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
3. Children run past a wheelchair, standing near an old chicken coop near the house Tran Van Tram. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder
4. 45-year-old Tran Thi Gai calms his 21-year-old daughter Nguyen Thi Thai. In the foreground is her second 16-year-old daughter Nguyen Thi Thuyet. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
5. Nguyen Thi Tay (left) and Nguyen Thi Thuyet sit in a wheelchair from his home. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
6. Portrait bust of Ho Chi Minh is on the table in the house. In the period from 1962 to 1971 the US military sprayed about 11 million gallons of Agent Orange in the marshlands of southern part of Vietnam. Dioxin is still in the soil and in the form of sediment in lakes and rivers. It gets into food through fish and other fat. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
7. Tran Van Lam (left) and Tran Van Hoang sit in a house in the village of Cam Tuyen. Vietnamese authorities say that more than 4 million people suffered poisoning herbicide "Agent Orange" and more than 3 million suffer from severe hereditary diseases. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
8. Tran Van Hoang is on all fours to his house. The US government claims that the number of people affected by Agent Orange is much less, and that the Vietnamese vain accuse the United States. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
9. Tran Van Luan watching TV while his sister Tran Thi Luu sitting on a bed in their house in the village of Cam Tuyen. The US spends a paltry funds from its budget for aid to Vietnam. Last year, the US provided $ 80 million for AIDS in Vietnam, where the rate of the disease is relatively low. However, to help the victims from the effects of Agent Orange it took only 3 million. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
10. 45-year-old Tran Thi Gai calms her daughter 21-year-old Nguyen Thi Tai (right). Tests conducted by the Canadian Organization for the Protection of the Environment showed that the greater part of Vietnam dioxin levels do not exceed critical. However, in some "hot spots" it is quite high. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
11. Nguyen Thi Tai looks out the window from her bed. Vietnam's own research shows that the birth rate of children with disabilities in the areas where Agent Orange had been distributed, much higher than in the "clean" regions. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
12. From left to right: Tran Van Hoang, Tran Van Lam, Tran Van Luan Tran Thi Luu and sit on the porch of his home in the village of Cam Tuyen. One of the Representatives of environmental Le Ke Son found that dioxin - the most toxic and hazardous substances on earth. (AP Photo / David Guttenfelder)
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