"Here at home, the war has not ended for many of the 2.8 million serviceman and women who went to Vietnam. In addition, Vietnam claims half a million children have been born with serious birth defects, while as many as 2 million people are suffering from cancer or other illness." The U.S. used Agent Orange as a strategy to open up the Vietnam jungle so tanks and APC's could take part in operations. When the U.S. sprayed Agent Orange, they didn't realize how much it would effect U.S. soldiers, the Vietnamese people, and the Vietnam environment. Agent Orange caused many diseases like AL Amyloidosis, Chronic B-cell Leukemias, and Hodgkin's Disease. Many Veterans and Vietnamese people from the Vietnam War have diseases like these. Many of their kids born after the Vietnam War was diseases take down from. Agent Orange was used to defoliate the area they were fighting in. To help the U.S. win the war. But instead it left a devastating impact on U.S. soldiers and Vietnamese people.
In 1961 through 1971 the U.S. military sprayed Agent Orange in certain areas of the Vietnam jungle. Agent Orange was a defoliant chemical. "It was dropped on the landscape and then ignited, turning the countryside into an inferno that destroyed …show more content…
Army was notified as early as 1952 that Agent Orange contained a substance that was toxic to humans. In the same year a company called Monsanto Chemical Company informed the Army of their testing results, suggesting the Army to begin its own testing. Kennedy approved the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War, after the Army reported conditions and infections that Agent Orange would cause. However, the Army claimed that the health dangers from these chemical compounds were reduced with proper handling by professionals. This same year the President’s Science Advisory Committee reported to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the possible health dangers from using these chemical
In 1961 through 1971 the U.S. military sprayed Agent Orange in certain areas of the Vietnam jungle. Agent Orange was a defoliant chemical. "It was dropped on the landscape and then ignited, turning the countryside into an inferno that destroyed …show more content…
Army was notified as early as 1952 that Agent Orange contained a substance that was toxic to humans. In the same year a company called Monsanto Chemical Company informed the Army of their testing results, suggesting the Army to begin its own testing. Kennedy approved the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War, after the Army reported conditions and infections that Agent Orange would cause. However, the Army claimed that the health dangers from these chemical compounds were reduced with proper handling by professionals. This same year the President’s Science Advisory Committee reported to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the possible health dangers from using these chemical