It was on August 10, 1961, that the US military first sprayed Agent Orange in Vietnam. 58 years have passed, yet the tragic legacy left behind by the toxic defoliant remains indelible.

They used jets to dump napalm, a chemical that burnt skin down to the bone, on suspected Vietcong strongholds, and Agent Orange, an ultra-strong defoliant, was used to destroy the jungle cover.

Certain germicides are targeted to kill specific microbes or specific species of microbes. Herbicide / Defoliant Herbicides, defoliants, and herbicidal agents kill and prevent the growth of plants or ...

Paris (VNA) – The committee in support of Tran To Nga who sued US firms for manufacturing the toxic AO defoliant used by US forces during the war in Vietnam on June 24 offered a charitable meal ...

Conclusions Service in the Vietnam war was associated with defoliant herbicide exposure, including 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, picloram and cacodylic acid.

Objectives: The effects of snoezelen-based therapy on emotional status were investigated in Vietnam War veterans with brain injury suspected to be caused by defoliant exposure. Methods: A single ...

The US Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released a report linking Agent Orange, a defoliant used in the Vietnam War, with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in veterans' children. The report, “Update ...

Nga, 79, accused 14 multinational chemical companies, including herbicide manufacturer Monsanto (now under Germany’s Bayer Group), of supplying the herbicide and defoliant chemical that was used ...

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange has affirmed it will provide support to Tran To Nga to continue her lawsuit against US firms that manufactured the toxic AO defoliant used by US ...