Agent Orange
Agent Orange is a very powerful herbicide that was used in the Vietnam War. It is a defoliant that destroys forests. It was used by the United States military so their enemies had no place to hide.
Problems
The problem with Agent Orange is that when it is released, some dioxins are also generated. Dioxins stay a long time in the environment. They are very toxic, and cause genetic modifications and cancer.
Agent Orange Media
Huey Defoliation, National Archives: 111-CC-59948; originally found in Box 1 Folder 9 of Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T)
Map showing locations of U.S. Army aerial herbicide spray missions in South Vietnam taking place from 1965 to 1971
Military film footage of U.S. troops spraying Agent Orange from a riverboat in Vietnam in February 1969
A United States disinformation propaganda poster in Vietnamese describing how 'safe' Agent Orange is, intended to refute the "communist's propaganda". However, scientists within the United States had been protesting the use of Agent Orange since 1966, on the basis that it was a chemical weapon used indiscriminately, even before its toxic effects to humans were established in print.
The Ivon Watkins-Dow factory in New Plymouth, New Zealand
Leaking Agent Orange barrels at Johnston Atoll circa 1973.
Rusting Agent Orange barrels at Johnston Atoll, circa 1976.
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Other websites
- Operation Ranch Hand: Herbicides In Southeast Asia Archived 2013-02-22 at the Wayback Machine History of Operation Ranch Hand
- Air Force Health Study Archived 2006-12-12 at the Wayback Machine Study of Operation Ranch Hand veterans
- Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004 Institute of Medicine analysis of research on dioxin
- Vietnam war orange agent Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Collection photos of victim caused by orange agent in Vietnam war and information about the orange agent, disease, effect and symptom
