THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES AT THREE “DIOXIN HOTSPOTS OF VIETNAM
Today in Vietnam, there are specific locations called dioxin hotspots where concentration of dioxin 2, 3, 7, 8- TCDD found to remain very high, despite the war passed of over three decades. The dioxin hotspots are located in and around the former US airbases of Been Hoa, Da Nang and Phu Cat airbases which served for Operation Ranch Hand, during the US-Vietnam War. This paper reviews the data of recent investigation on environmental contamination and human health status of the communities living at vicinities of these three dioxin hotspots. The result showed the high concentration levels of dioxin in various kind of samples, even of human tissues. The result also pointed the abnormal disease pattern, birth defect and reproductive problem of the habitants living there. Due to the long-term persistence of dioxin and the high potential exposure to AO/dioxin of people by food chain transfer way, it indicated that and consequences of the chemical war are still over burden on the local peoples. Moreover, the solutions to support local peoples to overcoming these consequences are addressed in this paper.
Le Thi Hai Le Lai Minh Hien Le Ke Son
Office of National Steering Committee 33,Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,83 Nguyen Chi National Administration for Environmental Protection,Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,6
国际会议
北京
英文
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2009-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）