Agent Orange is an herbicide. It is carcinogenic to humans, meaning that it can cause cancer. One type of cancer it can cause is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Since 2003, the United States ...
Agent Orange is an herbicide primarily known for its use by the U.S. military in the war in Vietnam. Its main ingredient is dioxin, which the United Nations calls “one of the most toxic compounds ...
US aircraft sprayed 20 million gallons of herbicides across Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Dioxin, a contaminant in Agent Orange, persists today. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...
The Vietnam War era is considered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to have lasted from January 1962 to May 1975. During that time, over 3 million US military personnel were sent to ...