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    called ‘Agent Orange’. “Agent Orange” was produced to defoliate areas of the jungle, and also expose North Vietnam positions. It was used during ‘Operation Ranch Hand’ from 1962 to 1971. Monsanto Company say that the chemical components were safe and also would not cause harm to human beings. However, after soldiers coming back from the war, some health problems was appear such as several types of cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and birth defects were attributed to the Dioxin in Agent Orange. In the

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    physical injuries. A vital contributor to these injuries is a chemical called Agent Orange. “Agent Orange is derived from an herbi- cide called dioxin, which was used in Vietnam extensively in the areas that had foliage.” (Ybarra, Pg.126) This chemical was created with the intention of repelling insects from soldiers at war; however, it had long-standing effects on soldier’s bodies even after the war. Soldiers exposed to Agent Orange revealed similar symptoms, including; “reproduction and development effects

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    dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange used in America – Vietnam war over the period from 1965 to 1969. Mosanto is believed to cause a thousands of deaths and a wide range of health effects due to Agent Orange exposure (i.e. estimated 15,000 people in Quang Tri province exposed to Agent Orange). From 2004-2007, the Agent Orange affected Vietnamese had filed lawsuits against Monsanto and other manufactures in France and USA for many times but repeatedly failed. No financial support has been made to Agent Orange victims

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    Vietnam’s Orange Damnation In recent history, there has been an abundance of chemical warfare that caused harm to society, nature, and immeasurable damage post war. To be more specific, the Vietnam war was one of the most noticeable conflicts that was destructive to both parties involved through chemical warfare, not only to the soldiers but also the environment. During the 1960s through to current day, the chemical pollution of the many mangrove forests near local villages led to health problems

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    Against the War (VVAW). They wanted the government to “bring their brothers back home.” Authenticity of the VVAW The main arguments for the authenticity of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War was the idea that it empowered the individual as a change agent in the sense that the veteran soldiers spoke out to forewarn their fellow soldiers about the conditions of war. It also served to speak out for the hundreds of soldiers who were still on the mission to protect the nation from the harm that they had

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    various chloride containing compounds being attached to grenades and artillery shells. While the immediate effects of exposure to many chemical weapons are severe, few chemical weapons have been used that cause a lasting environmental impact. Nerve agents, for instance, have the potential to leak into the environment, but low-dose exposure by civilians in areas isolated from combat is rare. One of the most widely used classes of chemical weapons is a set of herbicides nicknamed the “Rainbow Herbicides

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    different consequences. Vietnam veterans experienced physical, and psychological problems. Exposure to Agent Orange was a huge issue, because of all the issues it caused. It had long-term consequences, like the increase of the risk of various types of cancer, and birth defects among the veterans' children. A negative legacy the war left on Vietnam veterans has been the health effects of Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam. The exposure to the different kinds of chemicals caused them, and

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    changed to the industrial chemicals industry. During the 1970s they encountered legal troubles due to the development of the chemical Agent Orange. Agent Orange contained dioxin. Dioxin was found to be extremely carcinogenic. Agent Orange was used during the Vietnam War to quickly deforest the Vietnams jungles. The United States military sprayed the herbicide Agent Orange over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, destroy crops that those forces might depend on

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    be dreadful not only in its immediate damages, but most importantly in its intangible long term destructions. One such catastrophic disaster that has been haunting millions of Vietnamese people and the U.S vets over four decades is the Agent Orange. Agent Orange is a powerful mixture of chemical herbicides, whose main component is the toxic dioxin, that causes serious health issues as well as extensively contaminates the environment. More than 19 million gallons of herbicides was spraying deliberately

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    Vietnam War Chemical Herbicides After the Vietnam War, very few things were more controversial than the use of the chemical herbicides. In the Post-Vietnam-Era, multiple studies were done on the long-term effects of exposure to the herbicides. The main target of these studies were the American Veterans. Despite all of the research done on the chemicals, many questions still have yet to be answered. To this day, no one truly knows what effects occurred as a result of the chemical herbicides. Often

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