Agent Orange
noun
: an herbicide widely used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War that is composed of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T and contains dioxin as a contaminant
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In 1984, Monsanto and six other chemical companies agreed to pay a $180 million settlement to Vietnam veterans who were exposed to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
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Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
ProPublica filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on my behalf in 2016 seeking records related to the agency’s handling of Agent Orange, a defoliant used during the Vietnam War.
—Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, 30 Apr. 2026
Veterans of the Vietnam War exposed to Agent Orange have suffered from disabilities linked to the toxic exposure.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
On view concurrently with the MAC exhibition is a sculpture Colón made for El Yunque, the Puerto Rican rain forest—a natural wonder that was also a testing site for Agent Orange.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
ProPublica filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on my behalf in 2016 seeking records related to the agency’s handling of Agent Orange, a defoliant used during the Vietnam War.
—Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, 30 Apr. 2026
Veterans of the Vietnam War exposed to Agent Orange have suffered from disabilities linked to the toxic exposure.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
On view concurrently with the MAC exhibition is a sculpture Colón made for El Yunque, the Puerto Rican rain forest—a natural wonder that was also a testing site for Agent Orange.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Agent Orange
noun
: an herbicide widely used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War that is composed of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T and contains dioxin as a contaminant
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