Dow's Expansion into Nuclear Weapons and Its Aftermath , produced plutonium triggers for hydrogen bombs. A number of accidents occurred under Dow's management during this period. In 1957, radioactive particles were released into the atmosphere due to the combustion of plutonium dust by a fire at the facility. In 1967, 3,500 barrels (560 m3) of lubricants and solvents, laden with plutonium, leaked into the ground. Another fire occurred in 1969 and it was the costliest industrial accident in the United States up to that time. Eventually, Rockwell International took over management of the facility in 1975. In 2008, a federal judge ordered Dow and Rockwell to pay a total of $925 million in damages to citizens in response to a lawsuit filed against Dow and Rockwell in 1990. However, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the decision in September 2010 because the owners of the 12,000 properties in the area had not proven that their properties had been damaged or that they had suffered personal injury from plutonium blown onto their properties. Vietnam War: Napalm and Agent Orange, another of Dow's innovations Napalm bombs were another Dow innovation or rather a curse on humanity that the US military dropped on North Vietnam during the Vietnam War to burn Vietnamese civilians and soldiers. It was a gelatinous chemical that, when sprayed on people, burned them on contact. The United States continued to drop napalm bombs on North Vietnam until 1973. Dow was one of several manufacturers who began producing napalm compound B under a government contract from of 1965. Other suppliers stopped manufacturing the product after knowing...... middle of paper ......o be delivered. Dow abused his knowledge resulting in war crimes against innocent people and didn't even leave the children alone. Dow forgets that people with power and ability should exercise their judgment and use it for the betterment of society, not to destroy it. What Dow did is heinous and repugnant. Herbicide Chemicals Used in South Africa During Apartheid During the reign of the apartheid government in South Africa, Dow supplied it with herbicidal chemicals to render the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe sterile. These actions cost him a $71 million lawsuit in New York courts by farmers who claim their land remains infertile to this day. Separately, in October 2003, a New York lawyer filed a lawsuit against five companies, including Dow and Union Carbide, accusing them of defrauding South African workers during the apartheid period...