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[[Image:A vietnamese Professor is pictured with a group of handicapped children.jpg|thumb|200px| Group of handicapped children, most of them victims of Agent Orange]]
'''Agent Orange''' is a very powerful [[herbicide]] that was used in the [[Vietnam War]]. It is a [[defoliant]] that [[destroy]]ed [[forest]]s. It was used by the [[United States]] [[military]] so their [[enemy|enemies]] had no place to hide.
==Problems==
The problem with Agent Orange is that when it is released, some [[dioxin]]s are also generated. Dioxins have many problems: It takes a long time until they are eliminated from the environment. They are very [[toxic]], and cause [[genetics|genetic]] modifications and [[cancer]].
== Other websites ==
*[http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/Jul-Aug/buckingham.html Operation Ranch Hand: Herbicides In Southeast Asia] History of Operation Ranch Hand
* [http://www.brooks.af.mil/AFRL/HED/hedb/afhs.html Air Force Health Study] Study of Operation Ranch Hand veterans
* [http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11242.html Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004] Institute of Medicine analysis of research on dioxin
* [http://www.vietnamwarphotos.net/2012/10/agent-orange-and-removal-of-dioxin-in.html Vietnam war orange agent] Collection photos of victim caused by orange agent in Vietnam war and information about the orange agent, disease, effect and symtom
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[[Category:Human issues]]
[[Category:War]]
[[Category:Chemical compounds
'''Agent Orange''' is a very powerful [[herbicide]] that was used in the [[Vietnam War]]. It is a [[defoliant]] that [[destroy]]ed [[forest]]s. It was used by the [[United States]] [[military]] so their [[enemy|enemies]] had no place to hide.
==Problems==
The problem with Agent Orange is that when it is released, some [[dioxin]]s are also generated. Dioxins have many problems: It takes a long time until they are eliminated from the environment. They are very [[toxic]], and cause [[genetics|genetic]] modifications and [[cancer]].
== Other websites ==
*[http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/Jul-Aug/buckingham.html Operation Ranch Hand: Herbicides In Southeast Asia] History of Operation Ranch Hand
* [http://www.brooks.af.mil/AFRL/HED/hedb/afhs.html Air Force Health Study] Study of Operation Ranch Hand veterans
* [http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11242.html Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004] Institute of Medicine analysis of research on dioxin
* [http://www.vietnamwarphotos.net/2012/10/agent-orange-and-removal-of-dioxin-in.html Vietnam war orange agent] Collection photos of victim caused by orange agent in Vietnam war and information about the orange agent, disease, effect and symtom
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[[Category:Human issues]]
[[Category:War]]
[[Category:Chemical compounds