Campaign groups estimate that four million people in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were exposed to Agent Orange used by US troops between 1962 and 1971. AFP/HOANG DINH NAMÉVRY, France: A French court on Monday threw out a lawsuit brought by a French-Vietnamese woman against more than a dozen multinationals that produced and sold toxic herbicide Agent Orange, used by the US military during the Vietnam War.
The 79-year-old complainant, who covered the 1955-1975 war as a reporter, also accused the companies of causing damage to the environment. Campaign groups estimate that four million people in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were exposed to the 76 million litres of Agent Orange sprayed by US forces to destroy ground cover and food sources in its battle with communist North Vietnamese troops between 1962 and 1971.Vietnam blames it for creating severe birth defects in 150,000 children.
German chemicals giant Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, and the other companies accused argued they could not be held responsible for the use that the American military made of their product.
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