Agent Orange: How American Poisoned Millions
How the American Government continues to poison millions of people in Vietnam
My sister was the very first person to tell me about Agent Orange, and her description always stuck with me as a child. She told me that there was a chemical that men used to step into during war that would leave them disfigured and the poison would be passed down to their kids. I did not understand it at the time nor could I name it, but once I learned about the horrors of the Vietnam war it all made sense. Agent Orange is one of the biggest, most deliberate cases of environmental racism that everyone is ignoring.
Today's odyssey unravels the dark threads of Agent Orange, an insidious chapter in the tapestry of the Vietnam War. Picture this: dense jungles, guerrilla warfare, and the birth of a chemical weapon—Agent Orange—a defoliant that, with a sinister brushstroke, obliterated the verdant landscapes, leaving an indelible mark on both soil and souls.
Venturing beyond the narrative, I draw parallels to other societal betrayals, such as the Flint water crisis, where negligence and apathy conspired to birth irreparable consequences. The parallels are chilling, urging us to confront the repercussions of choices made in the name of ideology and power.
The saga continues with a haunting truth—the denial of responsibility. The United States, like a spectral apparition, refuses to acknowledge its role in the devastation caused by Agent Orange. As the poison seeped into the land and waters, so too did it permeate the very fabric of life. Birth defects, developmental issues, and a macabre dance with mortality continue to haunt the victims—both Vietnamese and American.
In the sociological tapestry of war, we find threads of indifference, woven into the narrative by those who wield power without accountability. The last person to be affected by Agent Orange has not been born yet.