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Agent Orange was used to kill plants in farmers fields and was said to be safe enough to Drink! Agent orange was a mixture of 2-4 D and 2-4-5 T used as a herbicide (“Agent Orange”). The United States used it on the Vietnamese during the Vietnam war (“Agent Orange”). More than 13 million gallons of Agent orange was sprayed on Vietnam for the purpose of killing off trees and foliage that provided coverage for the enemy (“Facts About Herbicides”). Agent Orange can no longer be used but parts of

This article is about veterans who served in the Korean War in 1967 who has been affected by Agent Orange. AgentOrange is a defoliant chemical that was used for an herbicide warfare program that causes multiple health problems to people who have been affected by it.The veterans have asked Congress to grant them health care and compensation forgetting it. The Congress denied the grant and the veterans are furious. Because many of the veterans are currently suffering from diseases and illnesses that

The issue that has burdened our soldiers for multiple years post-war is the effect Agent Orange has had on their families. Agent Orange can not only be detrimental to a war veterans health, but it can also affect their loved ones for generations. The burden a family must carry just by having a sick father or husband is massive, but add the fact the children born from these same families could have horrific birth defects. Dr. Jean Grassman, a doctorate in environmental health sciences and a professor

DDT, also known as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. It is a colorless, tasteless, odorless, and see through. DDT is an organochlorine that was created in 1874. DDT was commonly used in the second World War to control various diseases. DDT was used because it was cheap, reliable and lasted for an extended period of time in the environment.The effects of DDT. There are many effects related to DDT, though some benefits over rule these effects, they can not be ignored since they have a major effect on

On April 12, 1961, the first application of the chemical nicknamed Agent Orange was sprayed on Vietnamese foliage in an attempt to stop guerilla warfare, launching a herbicidal disaster ("Herbicidal Warfare"). The consequences of agent orange, unbeknownst to the former government officials, led to a series of catastrophic effects including, but not limited to neurobehavioral and physical anomalies of the human body. As a result of the lacking knowledge of Agent Orange, the United States and Vietnam

The Government Reaction to Agent Orange Claims PREFACE United States involvement in Vietnam has been surrounded by controversy since the 1960s. Many felt that controversy would end with the withdrawal of US troops in the 1970s. The troops came home and were not welcomed with the fanfare that surrounded veterans of previous wars. Was the controversy surrounding Vietnam a “dead” issue now that the troops were home? The answer is no. The controversy continues to this very day. The issue

Exposure In the Vietnam war, the United States used a strategy of spraying tactical herbicides. Agent Orange was the main herbicide; it got its name from the orange strip on the drums that was used to haul it from place to place (Hillstrom and Hillstrom 184). This was not the only agent sprayed though. There were also Agents Blue, Pink, White and Green. All of which got their name the same way (Schmidt 2). This strategy seemed great at first but it was more than expected. Agent Orange turned out

Agent orange was very harmful to our troops, Vietnam’s environment and to the Vietnamese people. Between 1961 and 1972 there was a horrible spraying of a bunch of harmful chemicals joined to be called agent orange which killed off so many people and wildlife which, caused a lot of confusion to the US because they thought it was just going to cause the plants to die off instead of what it actually did. Agent orange was used during the Vietnam war as a non-harmful chemical but it turned out it was

The specific agent that I learned about and would like to discuss is the nerve agent Sarin. Sarin is a liquid that can be easily converted to a gas, as well as no color or odor, which makes it difficult to detect (Presse, 2015). Victims of a Sarin gas attack most often die from asphyxiation and those who do not die often have permanent nerve damage. Very small amounts of Sarin and be fatal with death occurring in as little time as one minute. Used as a chemical weapon the agent would typically

AGENT ORANGE RESEARCH ENDS Legislative Mandate Set to Expire, Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance Supports H.R. 3423 The Agent Orange Act of 1991 is the only legislative pathway to add ailments to the presumptive list of service connected illnesses for Vietnam Veterans. It is set to expire on September 30th, 2015. If the Act is allowed to expire comprehensive research reviews will end. Without continued research reviews, some Vietnam Veterans will never be covered for the ailments caused