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60 Minutes, Agent Orange
presented by Lesley Stahl, 1941-; produced by Andrew Tkach, fl. 2003-2015, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Christiane Amanpour, 1958-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 1999), 12 mins
Almost 4 decades after the Vietnam war ended the U.S. government has finally agreed to help clean up the highly toxic dioxin residue left behind at its former airfield in Danang. It was the main air base where the defoliant Agent Orange was loaded onto planes and sprayed on jungles to deny cover to Vietnamese figh...
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presented by Lesley Stahl, 1941-; produced by Andrew Tkach, fl. 2003-2015, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Christiane Amanpour, 1958-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 1999), 12 mins
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Almost 4 decades after the Vietnam war ended the U.S. government has finally agreed to help clean up the highly toxic dioxin residue left behind at its former airfield in Danang. It was the main air base where the defoliant Agent Orange was loaded onto planes and sprayed on jungles to deny cover to Vietnamese fighters. In this report producer Andrew Tkach and Christiane Amanpour examined the terrible toll dioxin may have had on U.S. servicemen an...
Almost 4 decades after the Vietnam war ended the U.S. government has finally agreed to help clean up the highly toxic dioxin residue left behind at its former airfield in Danang. It was the main air base where the defoliant Agent Orange was loaded onto planes and sprayed on jungles to deny cover to Vietnamese fighters. In this report producer Andrew Tkach and Christiane Amanpour examined the terrible toll dioxin may have had on U.S. servicemen and Vietnamese civilians.
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Date Written / Recorded
1999-12-12
Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
Andrew Tkach, fl. 2003-2015, Columbia Broadcasting System
Author / Creator
Christiane Amanpour, 1958-, Lesley Stahl, 1941-
Date Published / Released
1999-12-12
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
George Claxton, fl. 1999, Arnold Schecter, fl. 1999, Le Diem Huong, fl. 1999, Ralph Brands, 1950-, Tran Manh Hung, fl. 1999, Larry Lay, fl. 1999, Tom Boivin, fl. 1999
Topic / Theme
Genetic and hereditary diseases, Health, War, Vietnamese people, Soldiers, Chemical warfare, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Climate and the Environment, Disease and Health, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Americans, Vietnamese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 by Columbia Broadcasting System
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