Veterans and Agent Orange

Veterans and Agent Orange

By the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to destroy crops that those forces might depend on, and to...
Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange

Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange

By Fred Wilcox. An investigation of the scientific, legal, and moral issues raised by the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. “I died in Vietnam, but I didn’t even know it,” said a young Vietnam vet on the Today Show one morning in 1978, shocking...
Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical & The Toxic Century

Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical & The Toxic Century

By Jack Doyle From its “accident” at Bhopal by its Union Carbide company to Agent Orange, from Napalm to Plutonium, Dow Chemical has been at the center of many of the worst chemical disasters in history. In this explosive exposé of the chemical giant, Jack Doyle...
The Dioxin War: Truth and Lies About a Perfect Poison

The Dioxin War: Truth and Lies About a Perfect Poison

By Robert Allen This is a book about Dioxin, one of the most poisonous chemicals known to humanity. It was the toxic component of Agent Orange, used by the US military to defoliate huge tracts of Vietnam during the war in the 60s and 70s. It can be found in...