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On the Vietnam war:
No war in the 20th century has seen as massive an assault on the environment. Some 70 million litres of Agent Orange, a herbicide and defoliant, and other toxic chemicals were rampantly used by us armed forces. It completely destroyed about 10 per cent of forests in South Vietnam, including a third of coastal mangroves

Down to Earth [2]
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Environment [3], Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) [4], Cancer [5], Development [6], Ecology [7], Chemical Weapons [8], Vietnam [9], War [10]
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