https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78 10 Things I Didn’t Know Before en-us 2021-09-02 17:14:32 UTC 2021-09-02 17:55:27 UTC hello@padlet.com savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713334656 In 1988, Dr. James Clary, an Air Force researcher associated with Operation Ranch Hand, wrote to Senator Tom Daschle, “When we initiated the herbicide program in the 1960s, we were aware of the potential for damage due to dioxin contamination in the herbicide. However, because the material was to be used on the enemy, none of us were overly concerned. We never considered a scenario in which our own personnel would become contaminated with the herbicide.”]]> 2021-09-02 17:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713334656 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713336563
Studies done on laboratory animals have proven that dioxin is highly toxic even in minute doses. It is universally known to be a cancer-causing agent. ]]> 2021-09-02 17:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713336563 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713338234 Dioxin was not intentionally added to Agent Orange; rather, dioxin is a byproduct that’s produced during the manufacturing of herbicides.]]> 2021-09-02 17:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713338234 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713339795 Some military personnel during the Vietnam War era joked that “Only you can prevent a forest,” a twist on the U.S. Forest Service’s popular fire-fighting campaign featuring Smokey the Bear.]]> 2021-09-02 17:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713339795 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713342729 During the Vietnam War, the U.S military engaged in an aggressive program of chemical warfare codenamed Operation Ranch Hand. ]]> 2021-09-02 17:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713342729 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713348653 From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed a range of herbicides across more than 4.5 million acres of Vietnam to destroy the forest cover and food crops used by enemy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops.]]> 2021-09-02 17:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713348653 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713350322 In addition to Agent Orange, the U.S. military used herbicides named Agent Pink, Agent Green, Agent Purple, Agent White and Agent Blue.]]> 2021-09-02 17:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713350322 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713357807 Questions regarding Agent Orange arose in the United States after an increasing number of returning Vietnam veterans and their families began to report a range of afflictions, including rashes and other skin irritations, miscarriages, psychological symptoms, type 2 diabetes, birth defects in children and cancers such as Hodgkin’s disease, prostate cancer and leukemia.]]> 2021-09-02 17:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713357807 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713358545 In 1979, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of 2.4 million veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during their service in Vietnam. Five years later, in an out-of-court-settlement, seven large chemical companies that manufactured the herbicide agreed to pay $180 million in compensation to the veterans or their next of kin]]> 2021-09-02 17:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713358545 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713359931 In addition to the massive environmental devastation of the U.S. defoliation program in Vietnam, that nation has reported that some 400,000 people were killed or maimed as a result of exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange.]]> 2021-09-02 17:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713359931 savannah_parker19 https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713382390 The reason I chose to use the facts listed is because I knew of Agent Orange and how it affected future generations of the Vietnamese. I only knew so little about the topic though, but it piqued my interest so I chose facts about it to write about. ]]> 2021-09-02 17:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/savannah_parker19/ecty1m1nhjfl7a78/wish/1713382390