Agent Orange
Chemical herbicide and defoliant
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Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical uses of Rainbow Herbicides. It was notably used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1971. The U.S. was strongly influenced by the British who used Agent Orange during the Malayan Emergency.
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🇬🇧 US chemical giant to stop producing herbicide called ‘toxic cocktail’ by critics
<p>Corteva will discontinue a mixture of Agent Orange and glyphosate, but another of its herbicides will still use Vietnam war-era defoliant</p><p>The...
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