Agent Orange
It won't hurt you. It's just to kill plants. It's called Agent Orange...and it won't bother humans - Karl Marlantes, Matterhorn
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The Continuing Curse of Agent Orange
One of the areas in which the U.S. government needs to provide additional transparency and be held accountable is its use of Agent Orange.
Agent Orange is a chemical defoliant that the U.S. government sprayed over the people and lands of Vietnam to destroy crops and rid the land of foliage. It contains elevated levels of dioxin, the most toxic chemical known to science. Through their exposure to the dioxin, Vietnamese citizens, American veterans, and Vietnamese Americans (many of whom fought as U.S. allies) suffer from a variety…
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Benefits For Navy Victims Of Agent Orange – Just 50 Years Later
Navy veterans long denied VA benefits are declaring victory after a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court sided with the plaintiff, a Vietnam vet with cancer who sued the Department of Veterans Affairs, demanding it recognize that his health conditions were caused by Agent Orange. It took the government decades to acknowledge that the defoliant Agent Orange - widely used during the Vietnam War - was causing cancer and other ailments in veterans.
The Shocking Health Effects Of Agent Orange Now A Legacy Of Military Death
Despite little coverage of the herbicide for decades, its deadly effects have impacted the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those who interacted with the chemical.
Agent Orange, exposed: How U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam unleashed a slow-moving disaster
Using a variety of defoliants, the U.S. military also intentionally targeted cultivated land, destroying crops and disrupting rice production and distribution by the largely communist National Liberation Front, a party devoted to reunification of North and South Vietnam. Some 45 million liters of the poisoned spray was Agent Orange, which contains the toxic compound dioxin. It has unleashed in Vietnam a slow-onset disaster whose devastating economic, health and ecological impacts that are still being felt today.
Agent Orange’s Long Legacy, for Vietnam and Veterans
Who knows what will be discovered someday about the health of Americans who served multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. But first, there is older business to tend to. The ‘60s, it seems, aren’t over yet.
Agent Orange’s Other Legacy—a $12 Billion Cleanup and a Fight Over Who Pays
The Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, N.J., has been revitalized. The tree-lined river that runs beside it has not. Half a century ago, the herbicide Agent Orange was manufactured along the banks of the Passaic River. Poison hosed off factory floors drained into the waterway, where it sank to the bottom and became toxic sludge. The estimated cost of cleaning it up and compensating for environmental damage could run as high as $11.8 billion.
Military Burn Pits: The New Agent Orange?
A friend recently commented that her brother, who served several years in the military in Afghanistan, seemed to always have a cough and nasal congestion when they spoke on the phone. “Oh, they’re always burning something here,” was his explanation. What he didn’t realize was that a serious environmental hazard may have been smouldering as well.
New Evidence That Agent Orange's Destruction Spread to Peacetime
Research finds that the poison lingered on miltary aircraft into the 1980s.
Revisionist History
Though Agent Orange was not developed for medical purposes, the public often lists it as another example of deadly scientific misinformation, particularly by pointing out the similarities between the victims of the toxicity of Agent Orange and the perceived victims of unsafe vaccinations.
The Forgotten Victims of Agent Orange
The United States has acknowledged the horrifying effects of Agent Orange on its military veterans. Why won't it do the same for Vietnamese...
The U.S.’s Toxic Agent Orange Legacy
Washington has admitted to the long-lasting effects of dioxin use in Vietnam, but has largely sidestepped the issue in neighboring Cambodia and Laos.
The Continuing Curse of Agent Orange
One of the areas in which the U.S. government needs to provide additional transparency and be held accountable is its use of Agent Orange.
40 Years On, the Vietnam War Continues for Victims of Agent Orange
Agent Orange was a chemical, herbicidal weapon sprayed over 12 percent of Vietnam by the U.S. military from 1961 to 1971. The dioxin present in Agent Orange is one of the most toxic chemicals known to humanity.
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Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The U.S. program, codenamed Operation Ranch Hand, sprayed more than 20 million gallons of various herbicides over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1961 to 1971. Agent Orange, which contained the deadly chemical dioxin, was the most commonly used herbicide. It was later proven to cause serious health issues.
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