Arthur Galston was a plant biologist credited with introducing the term ecocide, which he defined as “the willful destruction of the environment.” His early research on the flowering process of soybean plants inadvertently contributed to the development of herbicides, and his later work brought attention to the severe environmental and human damage caused by Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant deployed by American forces from 1962 to 1971 during the Vietnam War. At the Conference on War and National Responsibility in Washington, D.C., in February 1970, Galston proposed an international agreement to ban ecocide.
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