The Research Centre for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED) has sent an open letter to the US Federal Court, Brooklyn, New York, affirming its support to three Vietnamese victims who are pursuing a lawsuit against US chemical firms that supplied chemicals to the US armed forces to spray in Viet Nam during the war. In the letter, the charitable non-governmental organization (NGO) of social sciences has called for domestic and international friends to support victims of chemical weapons. The centre also announced that one of several problems they have studied since 2000 is the damage caused by Agent Orange. It has conducted a survey into 160 families effected by Agent Orange and dioxin sprayed in 21 communes of 11 provinces and cities. It is quoted from the letter that it is possible to infer from this set of facts that dioxin spraying has resulted in far-reaching consequences on the socio-economic, material and spiritual life that not only for whole families but also … [Read more...] about NGO’s open letter to US Federal Court on lawsuit against chemical firms