At a ceremony to introduce the book, literally translated as “When weapon in dumb silence: Agent Orange and consequences of the Vietnam war”, Sandra Scagliotti said she wrote the book to help the Italian people gain a better understanding of the meaning of peace and the atrocity and injustice of war.

Ms Scagliotti, who is also Director of the Centre for Vietnam Studies in Turin, added that she hoped the book will help peace-loving people in her country become more aware of the serious damage wrought by AO on the Vietnamese people, society and environment and then take action to assist its victims.

The book gathers published documents that illustrate the devastating effects of Agent Orange sprayed on millions of Vietnamese people by US troops during the war in Vietnam. 

It delivers a message calling for continuous efforts to study both the impact and consequences of the toxic chemical on the environment and people, and further support for the AO victims’ lawsuit against  US chemical producers.

Apart from introducing the book, the Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Vietnamese Embassy in Italy also held a talk on the effects of AO for students of the chemistry faculty of Ca’ Foscari in Venice.