What is Agent Orange?

Agent Orange is a herbicide used by the United States in Vietnam, Cambodia and parts of Korea. In addition to being highly effective in killing plants, it has shown that it has a number of alarming health effects that have made it a very controversial object. Its main manufacturers, including Dow Chemical and Monsanto, agreed with the courts and considerable public outrage due to their roles in the production of this chemical. inventive and use. During the Vietnam War, Agent Orange turned into an aerosol form and sprayed from the plane. The difficulties in Vietnam were a strong and abundant jungle that, together with their camps, protected enemy forces. The aim of using Agent Orange was to get rid of the enemy of the shelter, forcing them out into the open and theoretically easier to fight them. About 40 million pounds (about 18 million kilograms) were dropped to Vietnam in 1965-1970.

This herbicide contains dioxins, chemicalsE, which are now known to be very harmful. Agent Orange was directly associated with cancer, congenital defects, liver failure, chloracn, diabetes and a number of other serious health problems. Many of these conditions first appeared in Vietnamese and Cambodian civilians who did not understand the cause of the problem. While some could suspect the role of chemicals in their illness, it took extensive research to reveal the truth, and until 2004 the victims were compensated in an ASOUT action for a pile, until many were dead.

It also caused problems with the return of veterans, many of whom fought with the "Agent Agent Syndrome" in themselves and their families, thanks to the rest they brought home to personal property. The veterans fought to recognize the condition to obtain treatment, and in 1984 the veterans compensated outside the court. Most of them still have not received the benefits of health care that feel they are entitled to Agent's exposure.