Russia, France and Germany, or at least some of the leaders, were making a killing from Saddam by violating the oil embargo. It seems we didn't want to admit it because of the difficulty of dealing with it.
Agent Orange has been implicated in numerous illnesses among Vietnam vets, ...
I know it was implicated but I figured that much of that was highlighted and pushed by those against the war anyway. Just wondered if any definitive link between agent orange and the illnesses was ever established.
From 1961 to 1971, Agent Orange was by far the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides" employed in the herbicidal warfare program. During the production of Agent Orange (as well as Agents Purple, Pink, and Green) dioxins were produced as a contaminant, which have caused health problems for those exposed during the Vietnam War. Agents Blue and White were part of the same program but did not contain dioxins.
It appears that most of the research was directed towards the contamination of Agent Orange with dioxin, a known bad guy.
I haven't found a direct connection yet between AO and illness, but most links discuss dioxin poisoning.
Considering the laws against commercial herbicide in the US, I would say that the research is out there but may not have been directed towards your exact question.
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