![During the Vietnam War, US aircraft sprayed Agent Orange and other herbicides to strip trees of foliage as part of efforts to deprive communist forces of cover and food. [Reuters]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vzVWFMprM4Q8RMXcRKDhrqIWmNUEnpXJI0BDG2IrfoI1IlWVuQTsgYukM2AcwjWMS_CJEYuBa5mJVj59SWfw5cO9Rd1gN78C4Jy7cQbyVrKWkaaN-wefV-XQ=s0-d "During the Vietnam War, US aircraft sprayed Agent Orange and other herbicides to strip trees of foliage as part of efforts to deprive communist forces of cover and food. [Reuters]")
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South Korea and the United States will launch a joint investigation into a site where US troops allegedly buried leftover Agent Orange, a highly toxic substance used in the Vietnam War.The investigation follows a report by a US TV station which claimed the toxin was buried in 1978 at Camp Carroll, a US army logistics base southeast of Seoul.
The US military will share with Seoul internal records related to environmental conditions at Camp Carroll and allow a group of experts to inspect the base.
During the Vietnam War, US aircraft sprayed Agent Orange and other herbicides to strip trees of foliage as part of efforts to deprive communist forces of cover and food.
Vietnam says three million of its people have suffered the effects of wartime herbicides.
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