http://www.stern.de/wissenschaft/medizin/:Dioxin-Opfer-Das-Erbe-Vietnamkrieges/591454.html
I'll get around to translating that eventually, but in the meantime, use an online translation tool to read if you cannot understand German
Short summary:
The U.S. mixed Agent Orange (a dioxin containing herbicide) in lakes in Vietnam during the war and now people living close to the lake, who fish, use the water for household purposes or even farm near the old U.S. military base spanning some 850 hectars are affected, especially their children, who become mentally retarded and physically deformed.
There are no signs to warn local populace of the danger and the Vietnamese government does not have the funds to clear the skyrocketing dioxin levels in that area, which amount to some $40 million, while the U.S. government keeps saying that there is not proven link between dioxin levels and the disabilities observed in that area and refuses to pay for either cleaning or disability aid. Vietnamese individuals have lodged a lawsuit to force Agent Orange to be a banned substance in war, but the NY court threw the suit out. The U.S. based chemical manufacturers deny fault by stating that what they did was done under military orders.
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