This Chemical Weapon Still Kills 50 Years After Vietnam War

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]Did you know a single chemical is still killing people 50 years after the Vietnam war ended? [music] Between 1962 and 1971, American forces sprayed 20 million gallons of Agent Orange across South Vietnam. The results were immediate.

[00:00:15]Entire forests died within days. Jungle canopy's that had stood for centuries turned brown [music] and crumbled. But the military didn't know Agent Orange contained dioxin, one of the most toxic substances ever created. Vietnamese civilians started developing strange skin [music] diseases. Cancers appeared everywhere. Then came the children.

[00:00:33]Babies born without [music] limbs, fused fingers, severe mental disabilities.

[00:00:38]American soldiers who handled [music] the chemical got sick, too. The same cancers, the same horrific birth defects in their children. The chemical companies knew. Internal documents later revealed they understood the dangers, [music] but stayed silent. Today, children in Vietnam are still born with deformities linked [music] to Agent Orange. The soil remains contaminated. The poison passes through generations. What was meant to [music] clear jungle paths became a multi-generational nightmare affecting millions of people on both sides of the war. The chemical weapon that never stopped killing.