Agent Orange

Description

As part of U.S. and allied forces war efforts in the jungles of southern Vietnam, the U.S. military sought to reduce foliage for tactical purposes by developing and using a number of military (tactical) herbicides, the most common being Agent Orange. U.S. military research developed Agent Orange and the product was uniquely produced according to exacting military specifications for solely tactical use during the war.

Companies supplying Agent Orange to the government under the compulsion of the Defense Production Act of 1950 included The Dow Chemical Company, Monsanto Company, Hercules Inc., Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Uniroyal Inc., Thompson Chemical Company and Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company. Agent Orange was never made commercially available.

Dow has great respect for the men and women who served in Vietnam and all who were affected by the war.