http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/americas/view/41811/1/.html
Vietnam veteran can sue Agent Orange makers
A former US serviceman who has cancer can sue the makers of Agent Orange, the defoliant sprayed by US forces during the Vietnam War, after the US Supreme Court failed to reach consensus in an appeal.
The plaintiff, Daniel Stephenson, was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam from 1965 to 1970 and diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 1998. He said his illness was due to contact with the herbicide.
Stephenson can now sue major chemical manufacturers such as Dow Chemical and Monsanto, the main producers of the substance.
Between 1961 and 1971, the US and South Vietnamese armies used millions of litres of herbicides containing toxic dioxins to destroy jungle and crops and deny their communist enemies food and cover.
The dioxins ended up in the food chain and are today blamed for widespread health problems such as congenital malformation, cancer and paralysis.
Vietnam said as many as one million people had been affected by Agent Orange.
How can they sue the manufacturers and not the people who approved it for use (like the military high command)?
Yes good!! Sue Monsato the evil GM food company and Dow Chemical the Indian killing company!!! Sue their balls off!!!