The US military sprayed Agent Orange defoliant to deprive the communist Viet Cong of cover and food A French court has thrown out a bid by a former journalist to hold companies to account for ...
The highly toxic defoliant was sprayed by US forces to destroy jungles and uncover the enemy's hiding places from 1962 until 1971. It contained dioxin, which is one of the most toxic chemicals ...
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.
MANILA--A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War is among this year’s winners of ...
The industry body representing Australian cotton growers has called for continuity in the regulation of the controversial chemical paraquat. Paraquat is a widely used weedkiller that has been ...
The fight for compensation continued following the Vietnam War, when it was discovered that exposure to Agent Orange (a powerful herbicide and defoliant) caused various types of cancer and genetic ...