In 1965, The Dow Company — best known at that time for making Saran Wrap — began making Napalm, a jellied gas used in warfare in Vietnam. Napalm became the symbol of the war. Mark Greenside ...

The U.S. military's use of napalm in Vietnam triggered widespread student protests, some aimed at the manufacturer, The Dow Chemical Company. Napalm had been used before, most notably in the ...

The incendiary agent Opalm was considered the Soviet version of the American napalm, but recently discovered documents show that it was actually a Swiss product. It was developed in Domat/Ems in ...