Agent Orange: A Weed Killer

Although many people thought it was just a weed killer that was only used to wipe out jungles, Agent Orange had devastating effects on many humans who were exposed to it. Agent Orange was a toxic herbicide that was sprayed over large areas of thick jungle to kill its vegetation during the Vietnam war. The U.S. military did this so they could identify the North Vietnamese easier. Agent Orange had a mixture of dioxins in it that, when exposed to it, would later cause all kinds of health problems to occur such as heart problems, Parkinson’s disease, and many types of birth defects.

Although Agent Orange was used for killing the vegetation of the jungles, according to History.com staff, it was also sprayed over crops, rivers, and canals that