Review - Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty

[Vietnam Magazine]

In Agent Orange: History, Science and the Politics of Uncertainty, author Edwin Martini finds there is no evidence to support claims that the military and policymakers knew about the dangers of Agent Orange in the early 1960s but chose to ignore them


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[charlylynx]

The military used the chemical at full strength on villages and it killed outright the old and children in minutes. When our soldiers entered a village after spraying they found around the campfires spontaneously aborted fetuses. The military was killing soldiers before they were born. Even today in VN lots of children are born with birth defects and those that survive near water sources where shell fish can be procured suffer from 'dissolving' stomachs and intestines. Shell fish are scavengers and the chemicals collect in their tissues. No wonder we declined reparations after the war. This has dire warnings for American as well who love their crab and shrimp.

[lirelou]

The military used the chemical at full strength on villages and it killed outright the old and children in minutes. When our soldiers entered a village after spraying they found around the campfires spontaneously aborted fetuses. The military was killing soldiers before they were born. Even today in VN lots of children are born with birth defects and those that survive near water sources where shell fish can be procured suffer from 'dissolving' stomachs and intestines. Shell fish are scavengers and the chemicals collect in their tissues. No wonder we declined reparations after the war. This has dire warnings for American as well who love their crab and shrimp.

Charlylynx, you really need to go back and review what has been written in this forum, pro and con, by veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. Until you do, your post is so far out there it is not worthy of a reply.