Agricoltura, Agent Orange and Atom Bomb Test Documentary
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Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. More on the topic: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=139857723cd28efeada1931926a11a89&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=agent%20orange
Vietnam estimates 400,000 people were killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects.
A 50:50 mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D, it was manufactured for the U.S. Department of Defense primarily by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical. The 2,4,5-T used to produce Agent Orange was later discovered to be contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, an extremely toxic dioxin compound. It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped 55 US gallon (208 L) barrels in which it was shipped, and was by far the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides".
During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly 20,000,000 US gallons (80,000,000 l) of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of Operation Ranch Hand. The program's goal was to defoliate forested and rural land, depriving guerrillas of cover; another goal was to induce forced draft urbanization, destroying the ability of peasants to support themselves in the countryside, and forcing them to flee to the U.S. dominated cities, thus depriving the guerrillas of their rural support base and food supply.
The US began to target food crops in October 1962, primarily using Agent Blue. In 1965, 42 percent of all herbicide spraying was dedicated to food crops.[5] Rural-to-urban migration rates dramatically increased in South Vietnam, as peasants escaped the destruction and famine in the countryside by fleeing to the U.S.-dominated cities. The urban population in South Vietnam nearly tripled: from 2.8 million people in 1958, to 8 million by 1971. The rapid flow of people led to a fast-paced and uncontrolled urbanization; an estimated 1.5 million people were living in Saigon slums.
United States Air Force records show that at least 6,542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand. By 1971, 12 percent of the total area of South Vietnam had been sprayed with defoliating chemicals, at an average concentration of 13 times the recommended USDA application rate for domestic use. In South Vietnam alone, an estimated 10 million hectares of agricultural land were ultimately destroyed. In some areas TCDD concentrations in soil and water were hundreds of times greater than the levels considered "safe" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Overall, more than 20% of South Vietnam's forests were sprayed at least once over a nine year period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_orange
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I'm from Poland and I share condolences to victims. Down with Monsanto
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Pseucho Vietnamese pigs. Send them hell!
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Great, more dioxin, more evil. Lel.
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I am sorry for all the soldier that was in vietnam
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and YET the USDA gave the green light for 24D resistant crops. What ARE they thinking??? They AREN'T http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-marcia-ishiieiteman/usda-24d-seeds_b_4578509.html
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they lost me at the rep from the church of scientology at 42:00 and her tin hat theories. e_e
the docu sinks itself. Before that It's pretty good.
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they put it in house cleaners and and degreasers and are now widely used in cleaners in schools. research every chemical in your cleaners. you will be surprised. I got exposed to it in a degreaser at work.
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Whoever first came up with the phrase "WAR IS HELL" wasn't kidding! Not only is it hellish during the actual fighting itself,it's MAJORLY hellish during the post-war periods and beyond! For the soldiers AND the civilians.I know that's an UNDERSTATEMENT, but it's a statement nonetheless.
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Yet, we must go to war with Syria to protect Syrians from being chemically poisoned by their government. Oh, the moral obscenity of it all!
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Forget about those Viet-Nam vets warmongers; what about the million Vietnamese victims? amerikkka must burn in the perpetual lake of fire in HASHEM YHWH.
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the fact that he thought that and then posted shows that he has none
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God you are dumb..
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Actually I shouldn't and I'm not. Those soviet pieces of trash deserve what they got. If I had a time machine and could have killed the inventer of Agent orange, I'd have thanked him instead
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You should be ashamed in yourself.
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1951-53, The test, and the narrator, with the idea that it was just up to the soldiers' determination to take precautions and they would be OK if they properly dug a fox hole, in hard pan soil with the standard issue folding hand shovel. There was a book written "With Enough Shovels" that dealt with the lunacy of the government proposal that people could head out to the desert with a household door on the roof of the car, dig a trench and put the door over it to be secure from the nuclear blast.
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God will punish the oppressors soon you all will see
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im sorry to hear of your loss. i bet you are proud of him, whether you agree with the war or not. if you dont mind me asking how was he affected by agent orange?
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so sorry for your loss
Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. More on the topic: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=139857723cd28efeada1931926a11a89&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=agent%20orange Vietnam estimates 400,000 people were killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects. A 50:50 mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D, it was manufactured for the U.S. Department of Defense primarily by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical. The 2,4,5-T used to produce Agent Orange was later discovered to be contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, an extremely toxic dioxin compound. It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped 55 US gallon (208 L) barrels in which it was shipped, and was by far the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides". During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly 20,000,000 US gallons (80,000,000 l) of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of Operation Ranch Hand. The program's goal was to defoliate forested and rural land, depriving guerrillas of cover; another goal was to induce forced draft urbanization, destroying the ability of peasants to support themselves in the countryside, and forcing them to flee to the U.S. dominated cities, thus depriving the guerrillas of their rural support base and food supply. The US began to target food crops in October 1962, primarily using Agent Blue. In 1965, 42 percent of all herbicide spraying was dedicated to food crops.[5] Rural-to-urban migration rates dramatically increased in South Vietnam, as peasants escaped the destruction and famine in the countryside by fleeing to the U.S.-dominated cities. The urban population in South Vietnam nearly tripled: from 2.8 million people in 1958, to 8 million by 1971. The rapid flow of people led to a fast-paced and uncontrolled urbanization; an estimated 1.5 million people were living in Saigon slums. United States Air Force records show that at least 6,542 spraying missions took place over the course of Operation Ranch Hand. By 1971, 12 percent of the total area of South Vietnam had been sprayed with defoliating chemicals, at an average concentration of 13 times the recommended USDA application rate for domestic use. In South Vietnam alone, an estimated 10 million hectares of agricultural land were ultimately destroyed. In some areas TCDD concentrations in soil and water were hundreds of times greater than the levels considered "safe" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Overall, more than 20% of South Vietnam's forests were sprayed at least once over a nine year period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_orange
A total of about 10,400 mt of Agent Orange was incinerated in three separate burns. An initial burn of 3,520 mt took place under an EPA research permit. Due to favorable monitoring results the EPA authorized incineration of the remaining stock of approximately 6,880 mt in two shiploads, under a special permit. - Information extracted from, 'History of U.S. Ocean Incineration'