<P> Vietnamese victims affected by Agent Orange attempted a class action lawsuit against Dow Chemical and other US chemical manufacturers, but District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein dismissed their case . They appealed, but the dismissal was cemented in February 2008 by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit . As of 2006, the Vietnamese government estimates that there are over 4,000,000 victims of dioxin poisoning in Vietnam, although the United States government denies any conclusive scientific links between Agent Orange and the Vietnamese victims of dioxin poisoning . In some areas of southern Vietnam, dioxin levels remain at over 100 times the accepted international standard . </P> <P> The U.S. Veterans Administration has listed prostate cancer, respiratory cancers, multiple myeloma, Diabetes mellitus type 2, B - cell lymphomas, soft - tissue sarcoma, chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, peripheral neuropathy, and spina bifida in children of veterans exposed to Agent Orange . </P> <Table> Military deaths in Vietnam War (1955--1975) <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> U.S. </Th> <Th> South Vietnam </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956--1959 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> n.a. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 2,223 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 4,004 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> 4,457 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> 122 </Td> <Td> 5,665 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> 216 </Td> <Td> 7,457 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> 1,928 </Td> <Td> 11,242 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> 6,350 </Td> <Td> 11,953 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> 11,363 </Td> <Td> 12,716 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> 16,899 </Td> <Td> 27,915 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> 11,780 </Td> <Td> 21,833 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> 6,173 </Td> <Td> 23,346 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> 2,414 </Td> <Td> 22,738 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> 759 </Td> <Td> 39,587 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 27,901 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 31,219 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> n.a. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> After 1975 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> n.a. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Th> 58,220 </Th> <Th>> 254,256 </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> U.S. </Th> <Th> South Vietnam </Th> </Tr>

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