Reliving Agent Orange: Charles Marshen was 'drenched in the defoliant'
Channel: ProPublica
Date: 27/04/2016

ProPublica and The Virginian Pilot are investigating the impact of Agent Orange exposure on Vietnam vets, their children and grandchildren, as well as their fight for benefits from the Department of Veteran Affairs.

The latest story looks at how the Institute of Medicine has found evidence that links bladder cancer to Agent Orange exposure but the VA has yet to put it on its list of illnesses associated with the herbicide.

Read that story here: http://propub.li/26vojrH

The above video is Charles Marshen, a flight engineer aboard CH-47 Chinook helicopter, talking about his experience during Vietnam and getting exposed to Agent Blue, a herbicide that contained arsenic. He says, “...the defoliants would come into the helicopter. We’d be drenched in the defoliant. All of our gear. All our food. … Our water canteens.”

Are you a Vietnam vet that was exposed to Agent Orange (or one of the other defoliants used during the Vietnam War)? Or a family member of a vet exposed? Share your story: http://propub.li/1rgf4vx