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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: January 21, 2022 09:43 AM
From: Senator Doug Mastriano
To: All Senate members
Subject: Resolution to Honor and Recognize Victims of Agent Orange
 
In the near future, I will offer a resolution to honor and recognize victims of Agent Orange during the Vietnam war.
 
More than eight million Americans honorably served during the Vietnam war. Agent Orange was widely used in Vietnam by U.S Armed Forces as part of the herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, from 1961 until 1971.
 
Agent Orange is a dioxin and cancer-causing chemical that enters the body through physical contact or ingestion and moves into the human cell nucleus. From there, it attacks the genes to cause serious illnesses and genetic damage.
 
While their fallen comrades are memorialized on “The Wall” at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., the casualties of veterans victimized and harmed by the use of Agent Orange are not recognized.
 
Today, only 800,000 Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange are still with us. This expression of contrition and empathy in honor of the victims of Agent Orange is long overdue.
 
Please join me in co-sponsoring this legislation.
 


Introduced as SR225