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17 Apr 2016
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Laos is the most heavily bombed country per capita in history
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All 17 provinces in Laos suffer from bomb contamination
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The US conducted 580,000 bombing missions in Laos from 1964-1973
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The US dropped over 2.5 million tons of bombs in Laos from 1964-1973
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It's estimated that over 80 million of those bombs (UXOs) did not detonate
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The US spent $51 million over three days to bomb Laos; The US spent the same amount over sixteen years to clear unexploded bombs
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Today, less than 1% of that 80 million has been cleared
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From 1964-2008 more than 50,000 people were killed by UXOs; 20,000 of those deaths were caused by post-war explosions
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40% of bomb casualties were children