The VA estimates that as many as 2.8 million Vietnam veterans could have been exposed to Agent Orange while between 2.1 and 4.5 million Vietnamese civilians may have been affected by exposure.

It was used to defoliate vegetation on the periphery of the bases and other areas where U.S. forces operated during the war, ...

Opinion: Agent Orange caused cancer or other illnesses for many Vietnam veterans. ... Agent Green, Agent Pink, Agent Purple and Agent White, all named for the colored band on the storage drums.

Since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, spraying records have been vague, disorganized and... Seeing red over Agent Orange / U.S. understated use of dioxin during Vietnam, researcher says ...

Three decades of joint efforts to address the lasting impacts of Agent Orange/dioxin and unexploded ordnance (UXO) have ...

August 10th of each year is Agent Orange Awareness Day. It is a day to provide awareness and information about the effects of Agent Orange on our servicemen and women who served in Vietnam.

Among them, History.com details, there were Agent Green, Agent Purple, ... the herbicides weren’t just harmful to plants at least two years before it stopped using Agent Orange in Vietnam in 1971.

Named for the colored stripe painted on its barrels, Agent Orange — best known for its widespread use by the U.S. military to clear vegetation during the Vietnam War — is notorious for being ...

Associated Press File During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military sprayed 11.4 million gallons of an herbicide called Agent Orange, which contained the toxic chemical dioxin.

A deadly chemical deployed during the Vietnam War is still being linked to hormone imbalances in newborn babies half a century later. A new study links exposure to Agent Orange sprayed during the c… ...

According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The defoliant was heavily used during the conflict.

At the height of the Vietnam War in 1968, two young Americans who shared a sense of service made two very different decisions: one joined the Marine Corps and one went to Saigon to help war orphans.