"While it is difficult to perceive it as a chemical weapon,"
Would agree to a point, but not when you're dealing with a "kill by the manual" toerag merchant, as I believe we are here.
Jim Carroll

Agent Orange
Vietnam has reported that 4.8 million Vietnamese were exposed to Agent Orange, and that an estimated 400,000 people were killed and another 500,000 children have been born with birth defects attributed to either their exposure or their parent's or grandparent's exposure to Agent Orange.
The Vietnamese were not the only people affected by this herbicide during the Vietnam Conflict: American soldiers were exposed to Agent Orange during their service; Canadian soldiers were exposed to Agent Orange when it was tested during the late 60s at the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick.

Effects on Vietnam
The Vietnamese who were exposed to Agent Orange have reported:
-- skin diseases
-- cancer
-- blindness
-- paralysis
-- muscular disorders
-- skeletal disorders
-- significant weakness

Those exposed to Agent Orange have had children with birth defects such as:
-- extra fingers and toes
-- cleft palates
-- hernias
-- mental disabilities

Effects on Veterans
The United States Department of Veteran Affairs have identified the following diseases as being associated with exposure to Agent Orange:
-- Acute and Subacute Transient Peripheral Neuropathy
-- AL Amyloidosis
-- Chloracne
-- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
-- Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2)
-- Hodgkin's Disease
-- Multiple Myeloma
-- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
-- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
-- Prostate Cancer
-- Respiratory Cancers
-- Soft Tissue Sarcoma (other than Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, or Mesothelioma)
Birth defects have also been identified among the veteran's children. Spina bifida seems to be the most common defect; however, according to the Department of Veteran Affairs, veterans have had children with other birth defects which have been attributed to Agent Orange exposure.