The Agent Orange fiasco.(Vietnam War)

From: The American Enterprise | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Everyone has heard of Agent Orange. How many know that it is basically identical to a commercial weed killer (2,4-D plus 2,4,5-T) that was used for decades in this country to dear brambles, poison ivy, and brush, improve visibility along roads, keep trees from growing into power lines, and promote healthy public forests and rangeland? Thousands of Americans applied this herbicide, and virtually every state and locality used it widely.

The environment in Vietnam posed many challenges to Allied Forces in waging a war against an elusive enemy, concealed in large part by heavy ...

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