A new study of more than 300,000 Vietnam-era U.S. veterans has found that those who were exposed to Agent Orange are nearly twice as likely to develop dementia as those who were not, military.com reports.
[The finding is significant for Australian Navy Vietnam veterans because they were exposed to Agent Orange when their ships picked up contaminated water at the mouth of the Mekong River. It was desalinated on board and used for showers and drinking. DVA has now accepted that this contamination was a service induced hazard which had deleterious impacts on health.]
