Forty years ago a single photograph of a nine-year-old girl, her body scarred by napalm, helped swell opposition to <br />the Vietnam war.<br /><br />The US-made product, a thickening agent mixed with petroleum or other fuel, and reaching temperatures of 1,200 <br />degrees Celcius, was used as a weapon during the war.<br /><br />The Associated Press photograph of Kim Phuc Phan Ti, who became known as the 'napalm girl' showed how the chemical burned its victims to the bone.<br /><br />Kim survived and, still bearing the scars of war, she now resides near Toronto where she is a UNESCO ambassador <br />and an activist for the youngest victims of wars.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Daniel Lak reports from Toronto.
