More than three decades after the Vietnam War ended, the Vietnamese people continue to live with the consequences of Agent Orange, a defoliant that has come to symbolize the unintended consequences of warfare.
Christie Aschwanden on the current effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam. Georgetown University, March 27, 2008
Published March 27, 2008
Event date:
March 27, 2008 - 5:45pm
Please join us Thursday, March 27th at 5:45 pm in White Gravenor 201 B to hear an exciting presentation by Christie Aschwanden.
Christie has done extensive work reporting on and making a documentary detailing the lasting legacy of agent orange in Vietnam. Christie will speak on the current situation in Vietnam, show a few clips from her documentary and answer any questions about what can be done.
Directions:
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These are the more common buses that go to Georgetown's campus: DC Circulator, 32, 34, 35, D6, D2.
*This event is open to the public.
Project
Decades after humans in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange, the consequences of its contamination linger.
It's been 18 months since Phung Tuu Boi gave me a tour of his Agent Orange remediation projects in Vietnam. Now I get a chance to show him some of my country.
