Agent Orange no danger? Yeah right.

This would be laughable if it weren't such a serious situation. Apparently, the US government and military would have us believe that Agent Orange has no ill effects toward people. This is not new, they've been using this excuse since the beginning to get out of helping soldiers who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War ever since claims began to crop up.

But, I can't imagine how a herbicide that is that potent couldn't be toxic to human beings. Let alone to animals. How can they claim such a thing with a straight face? Worse, how can they expect the general world population, and especially US citizens who are suffering with the effects from Agent Orange today and Vietnamese citizens who will continue to suffer probably for more generations.

Agent Orange's dioxin stays in the soil and the sediment at the bottom of lakes and rivers for generations (see screencap or actual article for reference), and enters the food supply via fish and other animals. And probably also via fruits and vegetables, those of which actually still grow in such areas.

Since when has it been considered a good idea to ingest herbicides? Especially herbicides with such potency as Agent Orange. And, I'm pretty sure its even less of a good idea to inhale it or absorb it through your skin. Agent Orange was dropped on the foliage without any sort of discretion about where even the US soldiers were at that time, let alone innocent Vietnamese citizens who were actually not even part of the war in the first place. Thus, it was not only ingested by people who had to eat food from Vietnam itself (rather than military rations), but it was also inhaled by people, including many US soldiers, and absorbed through the skin.

And, yet, none of this is supposed to cause adverse affects to a human being? Um. Sorry. I don't buy that. And nobody who has an ounce of common sense in their head, even the tiniest of ounces, would buy it, either. Its just an attempt by the US government and military to skirt around wrong-doing and taking responsibility for the actions that have generations of aftermath for those exposed and the lands and waters exposed. Nothing new, I suppose, but still despicable.

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