Agent Orange
Example Sentences
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He went home to St. Louis, joined the antiwar movement, and died at 39 from exposure to Agent Orange, leaving behind a wife and five kids.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Suspecting an environmental link, the scientists and officials considered various possible culprits, from a rare moose-borne parasite to blue-green algae blooms to Agent Orange sprayed on the province in the 1970s.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
Williams was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015, he suspects, because of his exposure to Agent Orange, a herbicide used by the U.S. military to reduce enemy cover in the Vietnamese jungle.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025
Millions struggle with the aftereffects of Agent Orange and other herbicides the United States sprayed across the south, while unremediated explosives remain a mortal danger.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025
He told her the insignia on his uniform meant he was a crewmember on a helicopter that sprayed Agent Orange.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
