Agent Orange caused gene damage

July 29th, 2006 at 16:45 Björn Hallberg

According to a predictable new study from New Zealand on the effects of the infamous defoliant turned chemical weapon.

A team from New Zealand’s Massey University has now shown that the group of 24 Vietnam veterans it tested suffered significant genetic damage, compared with a similar sized group of soldiers who did not serve in Vietnam, our correspondent says.

This may be crucial evidence in the lengthy legal battles still being waged in courts in the US and other countries to prove or disprove the link between Agent Orange and a legacy of illness across three continents, our correspondent says.

Not that any adds anything we didn’t already know. And don’t expect the US government to be swayed by science. It hasn’t happened yet. Nor will they be any more forthcoming regarding depleted uranium once non-biased, non-US science catches up some 30 years from now.

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