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Agent Orange
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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Agent Orange a defoliant used by the United States in the
Vietnam War to destroy the Vietcong's forest cover and food supply. Agent Orange was a 50/50 mixture of two herbicides, 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, which formed the highly toxic compound dioxin. Between 1965 and 1970, the U.S. Air Force sprayed more than 40 million pounds of Agent Orange over 5 million acres of forest in Vietnam and Cambodia. The herbicide was later found to cause birth defects and such serious illnesses as cancer, adult-onset diabetes, liver failure, and chloracne. See also
Operation Ranch Hand.
The United States also used the herbicides and defoliants Agent White and Agent Blue, so called because of the color of the labels on the shipping containers.
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CANADA: AGENT ORANGE SETTLEMENT COVERS LIMITED TIME FRAME.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 9/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...exposure to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange, but veterans' advocates say...other ailments, is a component of Agent Orange and Agent Purple. Last week...acres of Base Gagetown, including Agent Orange, Agent White and Agent Purple...
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Agent Orange Plaintiffs to Appeal Ruling
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...be suffering from the effects of Agent Orange sit in a workshop at the Vietnam...plaintiffs could not prove that Agent Orange had caused their illnesses, largely...million gallons of defoliant, mostly Agent Orange, over the country from 1962 to...
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ASSISTANCE TO AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS:NGUYEN THI NGOC PHUONG, MD.
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...today about the consequences of Agent Orange/dioxin in Viet Nam...overcoming. Scope of the a Agent Orange/dioxin war in Viet Nam According...Nam the main one being Agent Orange that contained dioxin. The...spraying missions of agent orange/dioxin over an area of 2...and ...
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RIGHTS: VIETNAMESE AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS DEMAND COMPENSATION
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 12/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...to allocate money for Agent Orange victims in Vietnam. "From...kind of assistance to every Agent Orange victim in the country, but...ethically, to compensate the Agent Orange victims in Vietnam...forces had used chemical agents in Iraq, the Pentagon now...
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Vietnam Flashback.(diabetes-Agent Orange connection-)
Magazine article from: Reason; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Does Agent Orange cause diabetes? U.S. veterans groups...increase among vets or their spouses. Agent Orange has been cleared by every serious scientific...Finds Strong Link Between Exposure to Agent Orange and Diabetes" (CBS Evening News...
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Get an Agent Orange Exam: Protect Your Health
Magazine article from: VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Vietnam veterans who have not had an Agent Orange exam should do so immediately...Vietnam veteran-has not taken a VA Agent Orange exam. "That's because I know...presumes to have been caused by Agent Orange exposure," he says. "But if...
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U.S. military tested Agent Orange in Panama, accounts say.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/20/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...military conducted secret tests of Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides in Panama...survivors say he was exposed to Agent Orange while serving in Panama from 1971...recently has granted benefits for Agent Orange exposure almost exclusively to...
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ASSISTANCE TO AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS:DR. VAUGHAN C. TUREKIAN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...testify on the important topic of the Agent Orange legacy. I am Vaughan Turekian...was the systematic application of Agent Orange in southern and central Vietnam...Vietnamese forces continued to use Agent Orange and other herbicides the United...
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Agent Orange: legacy of disability.(Veterans' health aspects of exposure to Agent Orange during Vietnam War)
Magazine article from: DAV Magazine; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...reddish-brown liquid known as Agent Orange used to defoliate trees and remove...the spine. The widespread use of Agent Orange makes presumptive service-connection...for the diseases associated with Agent Orange and other herbicide contamination...
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Kerry and Agent Orange; Mists of time: Agent Orange doused the Mekong Delta in the late 1960s. Lieutenant John F. Kerry was there. How his men have coped--and how Kerry feels about his brush with a deadly toxin.
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 3/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...2004 In "Kerry & Agent Orange" (March 8) a caption accompanying...the hard way after Vietnam with Agent Orange." Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, the charismatic...to chemical dioxins contained in Agent Orange. He was a chief sponsor of the...
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Agent Orange
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Agent Orange Agent Orange is a defoliant, that is, a chemical that kills plants and...of the manufacturing process, and remains as a contaminant of the Agent Orange mixture. It is this dioxin contaminant that has proven to be damaging...
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Acridine Orange
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Acridine orange Acridine orange is a fluorescent dye. The compound...A fluorescent dye such as acridine orange absorbs the energy of incoming light...evaluating the effect of an antibacterial agent on the survival of bacteria. Acridine...
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Toxic Agents
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Toxic Agents Atomic Radiation ExposureAgent Orange Exposure Toxic Agents: Atomic Radiation Exposure From 1945 to 1963...x2013;1974 , 1994. Barton C. Hacker Toxic Agents: Agent Orange Exposure Agent Orange, the toxic plant killer...
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Defoliation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...and spraying chemical agents from trucks, helicopters...Vietnam War chemical agents, chiefly Agent Orange, tended to be used...x2014; Agent Orange, Agent White, and so forth...the various herbicidal agents sprayed in Vietnam...
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Chemical Warfare
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...1995. Another series of nerve agents are called the V series. Members...are more potent than the agents of the G series. As well...slime. Examples of V series agents include VX, VE, VG, and...lead to the massive use of Agent Orange by the United States in the...
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