Agent Orange
Agent Orange is the main toxic herbicide that was used during the Vietnam War by the United States. The use of this herbicide was intended to clear and eliminate forestry.The reasons for this was so the United States could use machinery that would of been hard otherwise due to the terrain being difficult to get through. Other reasons for this was to eliminate and destroy any food sources used by the VIet Conq and destroy any cover they may have used. This is known as "Operation Ranch Hand". The severity of this chemical weapon destroyed anything in its path, not only destroying the terrain but also animals and people. The use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War by the United States has many long term effects that are still occurring today. A dioxin used in Agent Orange has left over 2.8 million deaths and 400,00 children born with birth defects due to the exposure of Agent Orange according to the Vietnam Red cross. Exposure to Agent Orange left soldiers feeling faint and received vomiting and numbness in both their hands and feet.
Nguyen Thi Ly a victim of Agent Orange grew up with her head misshapen, her eyes extensively far apart and permanently lopsided.Her mother also suffers from similar deformities and health problems. Ly's was not a victim having been exposed to this chemical herself but grew up with these birth defects due to her father having served the Vietnam War as a solider. In a article "4 decades after the war ended, Agent Orange still ravaging Vietnamese", Ly tells her story;
"I could see the differences in myself and others right away", "When I was a small child, I felt pain inside my body all the time.My parents took me to the hospital, and the doctors determined that I had been affected by Agent Orange."
Nguyen Thi Ly a victim of Agent Orange grew up with her head misshapen, her eyes extensively far apart and permanently lopsided.Her mother also suffers from similar deformities and health problems. Ly's was not a victim having been exposed to this chemical herself but grew up with these birth defects due to her father having served the Vietnam War as a solider. In a article "4 decades after the war ended, Agent Orange still ravaging Vietnamese", Ly tells her story;
"I could see the differences in myself and others right away", "When I was a small child, I felt pain inside my body all the time.My parents took me to the hospital, and the doctors determined that I had been affected by Agent Orange."
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Photograph of Nguyen Thi Ly
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