In 1512, a description of the color using the word “orange” appeared—in a rather strange place. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of the word first appeared in…a will.

Agent Orange was stored at U.S. military bases in addition to being sprayed. Research has demonstrated that it can remain toxic in the soil for decades. The substance was banned in 1971.

The Gruesome Legacy . In total, the U.S. sprayed more than 20 million gallons of various herbicides over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1961 to 1971. However, according to the EPA, Agent Orange ...

Both of the ingredients that make up Agent Orange became common herbicides in American industrial agriculture. 2,4-D is still used today, but 2,4,5-T use ended in the West in 1985.