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Monsanto: Not just Dioxin - But PCB`s as Well

...and genetically engineered seeds, forced bankruptcies, suicides - the list continues and grows daily!

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Monsanto has no, I repeat NO regard for human life or our environment. They continue to destroy both with only one goal in mind: Corporate earnings and profit.

Monsanto has earned over $11 billion in 2009? How much money Monsanto spent on SAVING human lives from the horrific deaths and illnesses associated with Agent Orange? That's right, zero.

Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Legacy

Camp Lejeune’s contaminated wells are now closed, but the adverse health effects have affected an estimated 500,000.

(CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.) - Veterans and dependents of Camp Lejeune continue to experience cancer and other serious health effects from exposure to solvents like TCE, PCE and benzene.

In spite of growing awareness, the health effects of the contamination continues to plague former residents.

The Hypocrisy of a Killer

Hypocrisy is defined as “the act of persistently professing beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that are inconsistent with one’s actions. Hypocrisy is thus a lie”.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - On April 18, 2010, The Dow Live Earth Run for Water will take place.

Dow Chemical, event sponsor, said, “these activities will ignite a massive global movement to help solve the water crisis”.

Support the Warrior Games -Competition for Wounded Military Members

- "Our goal is to showcase the value of sports and athletic competition in the rehabilitation of our wounded Marines." - Col. Greg Boyle, Commanding Officer, Wounded Warrior Regiment

(QUANTICO, Va.) - The heart of a hero keeps going in the face of all adversity. The heart of a warrior keeps fighting as long as it keeps beating.

Documentary Recounts Struggle of Agent Orange Veterans

"Agent Orange is an indictment of US foreign policy and corporate greed, as well as being a celebration of love’s ability to face enormous adversity" -Masako Sakata

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Our friend and fellow activist, Masako Sakata, has made her extraordinary documentary film available via the on-line Russian TV Channel.

Masako explains that it was seven years ago when Greg Davis, her husband of more than 30 years, died at the age of 54.

U.S. Casualties Span Sixty Years and Four Wars

Americans in this report died in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kenya, and at sea in the Arabian Gulf, Korean and Vietnam.

(SALEM, Ore.) - When we publish casualty reports, something always stands out about the individuals we lose in the wars overseas.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Sean Flynn and Dana Stone

Forty years have passed since two war photographers dropped off the radar; what we know, what we don't know, and what we may soon learn.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Vietnam War photographer Sean Flynn's name made the news a little over a week ago, when it was announced that remains recovered in Cambodia could be his.

The son of legendary actor Errol Flynn, went missing in Cambodia on 6 April 1970, along with another noted photographer, Dana Stone.

The 35th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon

It is estimated that between 2,495,000 and 5,020,000 human lives were lost between the years 1959 and 1975 in Vietnam. These numbers include those who died as a result of combat, disease, famine and yes, murder.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - On April 30th, 2010, we commemorate two extraordinary events in United States as well as World history.

The first marks the capture of Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese Army.

Easter 1969: One Crazy Night in Vietnam

Puff the Magic Dragon Meets the Easter Bunny.

(SALEM, Ore.) - War stories: regular Salem-News.com visitors have viewed and read many over the years here. These are sometimes gripping and often tragic; frequently there is something to be learned.

One story that Tom Zangla of Kecksburg, Pa. recalls each year around this time, happened Easter Sunday in 1969, when a 122mm rocket didn't blow him to smithereens, at his base in Pleiku, Vietnam.

Salem-News.com Reporter in the National Enquirer?

"Even if this paper didn't exactly get it right, at least they sensed the importance of Sean Flynn" - Tim King

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - We all know life is full of surprises, after almost six years at Salem-News.com, people were more than a little shocked to see Tim King show up in the National Enquirer Wednesday, in a front page story no less!