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Published online 17 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030414-10

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Vietnam dioxin spray estimate quadruples

Flight records reveal full extent of Agent Orange contamination.

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A fresh study of long-forgotten flight records of US military aircraft that sprayed Agent Orange over Vietnam has shed unexpected light on one of the darkest episodes of that conflict.

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