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May 23, 2011

U.S. Military Accused of Burying Agent Orange in South Korea 
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The Pentagon says it is investigating claims the U.S. military buried
the chemical defoliant Agent Orange at one of its bases in South Korea.
Three veterans claim to have been ordered to dispose of Agent Orange
while stationed at the Camp Carroll military base in 1978. South Koreans
living near the facility may be at risk if the chemicals seeped into
groundwater in the area. The US military sprayed an estimated 20,000,000
gallons of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, affecting millions of
Vietnamese and causing widespread birth defects.



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