LA eLearning Assignment: Task 1
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| America did not foresee Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri! Expecting others to pay a high price. Now thinking twice? Toll on the innocent and unborn. Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn. by Hubert Wilson |
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Agent Orange is the code name for a highly toxic weed killer, a chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause its leaves to fall off. Agent Orange is contaminated with TCDD which can potentially cause indirect DNA damage through induction or activation of other DNA damaging compounds in the body. Agent Orange was used by the U.S. military in its herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam War.
According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400,000 deaths and disabilities, and 500,000 children born with birth defects.
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 numerous health problems for the millions of people who have been exposed. Agents Blue and White were part of the same program but did not contain dioxins.
It focuses on the idea that the U.S military feel great remorse for the effects that they caused the people of Vietnam to face. The poem talks about how the Americans could never imagine the damage and pain they caused for the generations to follow. Agent Orange was a highly toxic “poison” that was released. Even now, there are people in the world that are suffering from the effects of Agent Orange. An example would be deformities and handicaps.
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Extra information!
Hi, I’m a Canadian Agent Orange researcher.
I’ve been researching this since 2005, when I found out that Agent Orange was massively field-tested in my home town of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick Canada 1956-1964. This has caused thousands of deaths here and the Canadian government has been covering this up for decades.
A couple of things you may not know: the military designations for the components of Agent Orange were LNA (2,4-D) & LNB (2,4,5-T). The combination of the two was LNX (Agent Orange). These are chemical warfare weapon designations.
Agent White contained 2,4-D which does indeed harbour dioxins. Not 2,3,7,8-TCDD (as far as I know) but other types.
Kelly Porter Franklin
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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Hi, I’m a Canadian Agent Orange researcher.
I’ve been researching this since 2005, when I found out that Agent Orange was massively field-tested in my home town of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick Canada 1956-1964. This has caused thousands of deaths here and the Canadian government has been covering this up for decades.
A couple of things you may not know: the military designations for the components of Agent Orange were LNA (2,4-D) & LNB (2,4,5-T). The combination of the two was LNX (Agent Orange). These are chemical warfare weapon designations.
Agent White contained 2,4-D which does indeed harbour dioxins. Not 2,3,7,8-TCDD (as far as I know) but other types.
Kelly Porter Franklin
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Woah. That’s really helpful! Thanks a lot! I’m just doing a poem analysis, but I didn’t expect myself to receive such information. Although it IS complicated for a 14-year-old like myself. Haha. Thank you!