Agent Orange Environmental impact of war

mangrove forests, top 1 east of saigon, destroyed herbicides.

agent orange 1 of herbicides , defoliants used british military during malayan emergency , u.s. military in herbicidal warfare program, operation ranch hand, during vietnam war. estimated 21,136,000 gal. (80 000 m³) of agent orange sprayed across south vietnam, exposing 4.8 million vietnamese people agent orange, , resulting in 400,000 deaths , disabilities, , 500,000 children born birth defects. many commonwealth personnel handled and/or used agent orange during , decades after 1948-1960 malayan conflict suffered serious exposure of dioxin. agent orange caused major soil erosion areas in malaya. estimated 10,000 civilians , possibly insurgents in malaya suffered heavily defoliant effects, though many historians agreed more 10,000 given agent orange used on large scale in malayan conflict , unlike u.s., british government manipulated numbers , kept secret tight in fear of negative world public opinion.