Agent Orange
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He went home to St. Louis, joined the antiwar movement, and died at 39 from exposure to Agent Orange, leaving behind a wife and five kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Suspecting an environmental link, the scientists and officials considered various possible culprits, from a rare moose-borne parasite to blue-green algae blooms to Agent Orange sprayed on the province in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
In 1969, evidence linked a chemical in Agent Orange, 2,4,5-T, to birth defects and stillbirths in mice because it contained TCDD, a particularly harmful dioxin.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
Millions struggle with the aftereffects of Agent Orange and other herbicides the United States sprayed across the south, while unremediated explosives remain a mortal danger.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2025
Agent Orange was later linked to cancer and birth defects in Vietnamese and Americans who were heavily exposed to it.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
