Vietnam warns local consumers on contaminated seafood

Vietnam's experts have recently warned consumers in the southern province of Dong Nai against purchasing fish and shrimp as water supplies have been polluted by high levels of Agent Orange and other dioxins.

Aside from fish and shrimp, Vietnam's food ban also includes chicken and ducks, an official source.

Agent Orange is a dioxin believed to have come from the city's military airport, where US troops stored large quantities of the chemicals.

Dong Nai Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs reported that the volume of dioxin in the fat of poultry, fish and shrimp in Bien Hung Lake close to Bien Hoa airport was 200 to 1,000 times higher than permissible.