Episode 4: Agent Orange

Agent Orange is one of a class of color-coded herbicides called “The Rainbow Herbicides”. Used in Vietnam, as well as in Laos and Cambodia near the Vietnam border as part of "Operation Ranch Hand," a herbicidal warfare program. The use of Agent Orange had a devastating impact that lingered long after the war ended.

Episode Source Material

What Is Agent Orange? What Types of Cancer Does It Cause? by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Agent Orange/Dioxin History by The Aspen Institute, This horrible natural experiment by Judith Perera and Andy Thomas, Agent Orange’s Long Legacy, for Vietnam and Veterans by Clyde Haberman

Why Hasn’t the Government Learnt Anything from The Agent Orange Health Crisis? by Scott Beauchamp, The Bases of Accommodation by Samuel P. Huntington, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse, Agent Orange and its associated dioxin: assessment of a controversy by A.L. Young and G.M Reggiani, What We Know about Agent Orange and Veterans’ Health by Michael Gough, Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam by Institute of Medicine (IOM) US Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Make Agent Orange History by Agent Orange Record, Understanding Agent Orange: History, Impacts, and Environmental Justice by David M. Kuchta

Long-term health impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War by D.T Le, T.M Pham, and S. Polachek, Agent Orange: Haft-Century Effects On The Vietnamese Wildlife Have Been Ignored by K.N Truong and K.V Dinh, Long-Term Fate of Agent Orange and Dioxin TCDD Contaminated Soils and Sediments in Vietnam Hotspots by Kenneth Olson and Lois Wright Morton