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Former Camp Schwab Workers Cite Cancer Spike from Agent Orange

5/30/2026

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Former Camp Schwab workers report unusually high cancer rates they link to defoliant spraying in the 1960s and 1970s.
Officials have not completed a health survey despite dioxin from the sprays being found at former U.S. bases in Okinawa.
Japanese officials have declined epidemiological studies even after 108 barrels of Agent Orange were discovered on a soccer field in Okinawa City.

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Former Camp Schwab workers report unusually high cancer rates they link to defoliant spraying in the 1960s and 1970s.
Officials have not completed a health survey despite dioxin from the sprays being found at former U.S. bases in Okinawa.
Japanese officials have declined epidemiological studies even after 108 barrels of Agent Orange were discovered on a soccer field in Okinawa City.