Agent Orange
A toxic herbicide and defoliant used in the Vietnam conflict, containing 2,4,5-trichlorophen-oxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and 2-4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) with trace amounts of dioxin.
Source: Terms of the Environment ...
AGENT ORANGE AND WEED KILLERS (Environmental Article #134)
DO YOU LOVE THE SMELL OF AGENT ORANGE IN THE MORNING?
Agent Orange and Lawn Weed Killers -
What's the Connection?
One dioxin, TCDD, is one of the most toxic compounds known and was found as a contaminant of 245T weedkiller, called 'Agent Orange' in Vietnam. It was also released over the town of Seveso in Italy in 1976 after an explosion in a local factory.
dioxin: the popular name for a family of organic compounds that bio-accumulate with toxic effect in humans and wildlife. Two of the most widely studied sources of dioxins are the making of the herbicide Agent Orange and the chlorine bleaching of ...
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