Place
Da Nang
Vietnamese city; its airport was one of the sites where herbicides were handled in the war, and where a U.S.-funded dioxin cleanup ran from 2012 to 2018.
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involved in
- Operation Ranch Hand air bases that handled the herbicides Primary record 1
location of
- The Da Nang airport dioxin cleanup Scholarship & press 2
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The Da Nang airport dioxin cleanup
Scholarship & press
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The cleaned land was handed over for the airport’s expansion.
Proof 2 sources
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In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation (Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co.), 04-CV-400, 373 F. Supp. 2d 7: Memorandum, Order and Judgment, dated 10 March 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Judge Jack B. Weinstein), 10 Mar 2005.
Primary record
Empty barrel residues led to inadvertent defoliation of trees and gardens in Da Nang, Nha Trang, Bien Hoa, Phu Cat and Saigon civilian areas near USAF airbases that handled the herbicides
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U.S., VN complete environmental remediation at Da Nang Airport, Vietnam Government News (VGP), 2018.
Scholarship & press
The project has successfully treated over 90,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil and sediment through thermal desorption
This is the third and last portion of land to be turned over for expansion of Da Nang International Airport.
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