Medkeci points out Agent Orange isn't the cause of every birth defect to every child whose parent fought in Vietnam In fact, some veterans were not affected by Agent Orange In fact, the US government suppressed a 1965 report, called the Bionetics study, that showed dioxin caused many birth defects in experimental animals It was not until the results of that study were leaked that the use of Agent Orange/dioxin was stopped Agent Orange Agent Orange is the code name given to a particular herbicide that was used extensively during the Vietnam War from 1962 to The herbicide contained an equal mixture of two phenoxy acids, one of which had an obligatory byproduct during its production, 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzopdioxin, otherwise known as TCDD or dioxin
Babies In Vietnam Born With Horrific Defects 40 Years Since Agent Orange Daily Mail Online