Common Courage Press From Agent Orange to Bhopal to Silicone Breast Implants, New Book Chronicles Controversial Legacy of Dow Chemical Company December 1st, 2004 Notorious for their 1960’s production of the lethal Vietnam War defoliant, Agent Orange, and more recently for acquiring Union Carbide's still-unresolved Bhopal legacy (see below), Dow Chemical today is among the world’s largest chemical manufacturers, and a major source of many of the world’s most toxic compounds, including pesticides, plastics and solvents. Not unlike Enron or Halliburton, Dow’s story is one of corporate power brokering and lack of public accountability.
