{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"24282055","dateCreated":"1274161949","smartDate":"May 17, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"And1rew","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/And1rew","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/10blueagentorange.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/24282055"},"dateDigested":1531978256,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Impacts of War on the Environment","description":"he US military carried out a massive herbicidal programme in Vietnam for almost a decade. With 72 million litres of chemical spray, they defoliated the forests which provided cover for guerrillas.
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\n\u2018All our coconut trees died,\u2019 recalled a woman ten years later, in hospital with a third miscarriage, and also having chemotherapy; she asked not to be indentified. \u2018Some of our animals died, and those that lived had deformed offspring. The seeds of the rice became very small, and we couldn\u2019t use them for replanting.\u2019
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\nPeople exposed to the spray suffered headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea, weakness and chest complaints. Meanwhile, Agent Orange\u2019s carcinogenic dioxin was sinking into the soil, washing into the sea, and entering the food chain, where it is still at work today. Children born since the war have consumed high levels of dioxin; and many fathered by men exposed to the spray (many of whom are now dead or suffering from cancers) have spina bifida and other congenital abnormalities.(http:\/\/hurricanecandice.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/22\/impact-of-war-on-environment\/<\/a>)","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}