In the first of a two part series, Kayla and Venus discuss the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War and the absolutely devastating effects that this chemical had on the environment and people of Vietnam, as well as the U.S. servicemen who dispersed it, potentially without knowing what it could or would do.

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