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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]]

[[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|destroys]] [[forest]]s. It was used by the [[United States]] [[military]] so their [[enemy|enemies]] had no place to hide.

'''Agent Orange''' is a very powerful [[herbicide]] that was used in the [[Vietnam War]]. It is a [[defoliant]] that [[destroy|destroys]] [[forest]]s. It was used by the [[United States]] [[military]] so their [[enemy|enemies]] had no [[place]] to hide.

== Problems ==

== Problems ==

The problem with Agent Orange is that when it is released, some [[dioxin]]s are also generated. Dioxins stay a long time in the environment. They are very [[toxic]], and cause [[genetics|genetic]] modifications and [[cancer]].

The problem with Agent Orange is that when it is released, some [[dioxin]]s are also generated. Dioxins stay a long time in the [[environment]]. They are very [[toxic]], and cause [[genetics|genetic]] modifications and [[cancer]].'

== Agent Orange Media ==

== Agent Orange Media ==

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File:2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo(b,e)(1,4)dioxine 200.svg|[[2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin|2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin]] (TCDD)

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File:U.S. propaganda for agent orange 1.jpg|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.

File:U.S. propaganda for agent orange 1.jpg|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.

File:Ivon Watkins Dow factory, New Plymouth.jpg|The Ivon Watkins-Dow factory in [[New Plymouth]], [[New Zealand]]

File:Ivon Watkins Dow factory, New Plymouth.jpg|The Ivon Watkins-Dow factory in [[New Plymouth]], [[New Zealand]], 1968

File:Leaking Agent Orange Barrels at Johnston Atoll.jpg|Leaking Agent Orange barrels at [[Johnston Atoll]] circa 1973.

File:Leaking Agent Orange Barrels at Johnston Atoll.jpg|Leaking Agent Orange barrels at [[Johnston Atoll]] circa 1973.

File:Agent Orange at Johnston Atoll 1976.jpg|Rusting Agent Orange barrels at [[Johnston Atoll]], circa 1976.

File:Agent Orange at Johnston Atoll 1976.jpg|Rusting Agent Orange barrels at [[Johnston Atoll]], circa 1976.

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== Other websites ==

== Other websites ==

*[http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/Jul-Aug/buckingham.html Operation Ranch Hand: Herbicides In Southeast Asia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222170309/http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/Jul-Aug/buckingham.html |date=2013-02-22 }} History of Operation Ranch Hand

*[http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/Jul-Aug/buckingham.html Operation Ranch Hand: Herbicides In Southeast Asia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222170309/http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1983/Jul-Aug/buckingham.html |date=2013-02-22 }} History of Operation Ranch Hand