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World Service,24 Nov 1999,25 mins

Victims of the Vietnam war

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How a third generation of victims continue to suffer as a result of the Vietnam war. The Vietnamese authorities say they fear that illnesses caused by Agent Orange are now being passed on to a third generation of victims. The toxic defoliant was used by US forces has been blamed for huge numbers of birth defects.

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