Opinion ID: 3049466
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Agent Orange

Text: “Agent Orange is a chemical defoliant used by the United States Armed Forces in Vietnam to clear dense jungle land during the war. It contains the toxic substance dioxin. Since its use, Agent Orange has been statistically linked with the occurrence of many diseases in those exposed, including prostate cancer. For more than fifteen years [now, for more than twenty years], veterans suffering from diseases they believe to have been caused by Agent Orange have struggled with the United States for compensation.” Nehmer III, 284 F.3d at 1160 (citing In Re Agent Orange Prod. Liab. Litig., 818 F.2d 194 (2d Cir. 1987); Nehmer v. U.S. Veterans Admin., 712 F. Supp. 1404 (N.D. Cal. 1989) (“Nehmer I”); Nehmer v. U.S. Veterans Admin., 32 F. Supp. 2d 1175 (N.D. Cal. 1999) (“Nehmer II ”)).