THE ARAL SEA
Agent Orange was used extensively in the Aral Basin as a
defoliating agent for the cotton crops. This toxic substance,
infamous for its use in Vietnam, was sprayed directly on
the people while they picked the cotton.
At this time,
approximately 25% of the
people living in the agricultural region, near the Aral Sea,
are mentally retarded. The number of children born with birth
defects is also astonishingly high.