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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Puerto Rico was also a guinea pig in the development of the birth control pill and in the Agent Orange tests.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Starting in the 1990s, the U.S. began helping its former enemy address wartime legacies such as Agent Orange, a herbicide dropped from planes during the war to clear jungle brush, and which was later found to cause a wide range of health problems, including cancer and birth defects.
—David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The mixture known as Agent Orange is a combination of two herbicides that the U.S. brought to Vietnam in huge volumes to kill off jungles and mangroves that hid opposition forces during the Vietnam war.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Thirteen months of that time were spent in Vietnam, and I am currently being treated at the Sunrise Veterans’ Clinic for the residual effects of Agent Orange.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Starting in the 1990s, the U.S. began helping its former enemy address wartime legacies such as Agent Orange, a herbicide dropped from planes during the war to clear jungle brush, and which was later found to cause a wide range of health problems, including cancer and birth defects.
—David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The mixture known as Agent Orange is a combination of two herbicides that the U.S. brought to Vietnam in huge volumes to kill off jungles and mangroves that hid opposition forces during the Vietnam war.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Thirteen months of that time were spent in Vietnam, and I am currently being treated at the Sunrise Veterans’ Clinic for the residual effects of Agent Orange.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
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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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