Some veterans blame the defoliant for many of their health problems.

The rubble had been cleared, and defoliant kept the weeds down.

But the department said there was still no evidence that the defoliant was the cause of the cancer.

Below stretched a sea of green, broken only occasionally by large, dead areas where defoliants had been used.

He remembered the defoliants' descent over the jungle, slow as snow.

Yes, but years of neglect left it looking like a garden to which defoliant had been liberally applied.

How did this defoliant do so much damage?

Defoliants are used in cotton production to aid harvesting.

Defoliants that destroy vegetation, but are not immediately toxic to human beings.

He does research for a company called Toxico, where "defoliants are a growth industry."

In 1969, studies linked the herbicide to birth defects, and use of all defoliants was stopped by 1971.

A defoliant is any chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause its leaves to fall off.

In addition to bombs, massive quantities of defoliants and herbicides were dropped.

Vietnam veterans contend that exposure to the defoliant causes cancer and other illnesses.

One variation of the herbicide acts as a defoliant, killing everything it encounters.

About half of the Ranch Hand group, he said, had average levels of the defoliant in their blood.

Agriculturalists warn that defoliants could damage Afghanistan's already precarious agriculture.

Exposure to Agent Orange, the defoliant used in the war, is a particular culprit.

Or the new, improved, supposedly safe defoliants in Colombia?"

Veterans asked the Supreme Court to reopen litigation involving the defoliant.

Environmental groups also charge that defoliants are used so heavily in some areas that the character of the forests is changing.

Sodium chlorate is also used as a defoliant and desiccant for:

Defoliants are used to quickly kill vegetation and deny its use for cover and concealment.

Some go so far as to lather their leaves with concoctions of all kinds, hoping to weaken the defoliants.

It is a defoliant that destroyed forests.