![]() ![]() ![]() Adverse health effects have not been clearly explained despite a number of health studies among veterans in Korea with potential Agent Orange exposure. However, there remains the possibility that Agent Orange was stored and buried at Camp Carroll or other military camps in Korea. The joint Korean-US Agent Orange investigation team found that herbicides, pesticides, solvents and other chemicals -not Agent Orange- were buried at Camp Carroll. Korean soldiers and military personnel who served in Vietnam during 1964-1973 or near the demilitarized zone in Korea during 1967-1970 were exposed to dioxincontaminated Agent Orange. Joint Korean-US Agent Orange investigation and environmental and health studies were started in July 2011. Several US veterans stationed in Korea have told the press that around 250 fifty-five gallon drums of herbicides, including Agent Orange, were buried at Camp Carroll in 1978. ![]()
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