2006-07-10 08:24:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I wasn't there, okay? But I did research it, spoke to some fellows who WERE there.
It is hugely bad stuff.
It was an herbicide to help cut down guerrilla tactic effectiveness.
The main C.O. in Cuchi used the straighforward approach by bulldozing everything in sight. Didn't work.
It's been known to promote a number of ailments, some terminal. Like brain cancer. I'd say it was last used around 1970.
Troops said they were practically swimming in the stuff it was that regularly used.
Look at ' Everything We Had " - Al Santoli
Only text that comes to mind that mentions it to any degree.
2006-07-10 08:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agent orange is a herbicide used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War to expose enemy guerrilla forces in forested areas. Agent Orange contains varying amounts of dioxin. Exposure to the defoliant has been linked with chemical acne, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and soft-tissue sarcoma.
2006-07-10 08:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. Smarty Pants 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PS to all those this may concern: Diabetes has been linked to Agent Orange exposure too!! You have to have been in country-on ground or off the shores of Vietnam during the time the stuff was sprayed.
God Bless our veterans!!
2006-07-10 08:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by Caleb's Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agent Orange is a herbicide, it was last used in the Vietnam conflict in 1971.
2006-07-10 08:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by automaticmax 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋