Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)Tokyo (VNA) – A Japanese researcher has just
announced a project on training in addressing
problems related to Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin chemical that was sprayed on the
country during the war.
Japan’s national broadcasting organization quoted
Professor from the Kanazawa University and officials from the Japan
International Cooperation Agency as saying the project will last for three
years in the Vietnamese central province of Binh Dinh’s Phu Cat district.
Kido unveiled the detection of a high level of AO/dioxin
contained in milk of nursing mothers in the area, adding that the rate of local
underweight children is also high.
As such, he has planned to train the health workers to check
the dioxin level in breast milk and provide healthcare consultations for local
mothers.
The professor is experienced in studying AO/dioxin impact.
He hopes to use results of his research to improve the well-being of Vietnamese
people.
The US army sprayed some 80 million litres of toxic
chemicals, 61 percent of which was Agent Orange containing 366 kilograms of
dioxin, over nearly one quarter of the total area of South Vietnam from 1961 to
1971.
Preliminary statistics show that 4.8 million Vietnamese
people were exposed to the toxic, and about 3 million became victims. Tens of
thousands of people have died while millions of others have suffered from
cancer and other incurable diseases as consequences of exposure. Many of their
offspring have also suffered from birth deformities.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
