The History, Use, Disposition and Environmental Fate of Agent Orange

• Main Author: Young, Alvin Lee (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Environment.; Public health.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental Management.; Public Health.

For almost four decades, controversy has surrounded the tactical use of herbicides in Southeast Asia by the United States military. Few environmental or occupational health issues have received the sustained international attention that has been focused on Agent Orange, the major tactical herbicide...