Agent Orange is a herbicide, classified as a defoliant, that was used most notably by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Its primary purpose was strategic deforestation, destroying the forest c
Severe arm deformity most likely related to Agent Orange exposure when he was in gestation and his pregnant mother was exposed to the byproduct present in Agent Orange defoliant, 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
Handicapped children, most of them victims of Agent Orange
Agent Orange chemical drums
Operation Ranch Hand
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Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. Largely inspired by the British use of chemicals 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D during the Malayan Emergency
Impact of Agent Orange in Vietnam
…necessary for the implementation and sustainability of the North Vietnamese style of guerilla warfare. The U.S. Agent Orange usage reached an apex during Operation Ranch Hand, in which the material (with its extremely toxic impurity, dioxin) was sprayed over 4.5 million acres of land in Vietnam from 1961 to 1971. The use of…
Four-plane defoliant run, part of Operation Ranch Hand
"Smokey Bear" parody