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Agent Orange correction
I got a couple of undeliverable mail messages oon this so sorry if it posts
more than once.
Stephen Flanagan wrote:
Agent Orange is paraquat, aka Gramoxone Super, a restricted use
contact herbicide commonly used to burn back established weeds.
As Chuck Benbrook wrote:
Agent Orange is not paraquat. It was a mixture of roughly equal parts of
two herbicides: 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T in the form of their n-butyl esters.
2,4,5-T was cancelled in the US in 1985.
2,4,5-T is contaminated with dioxin.
2,4-D is still widely used and available at any home center.
It is considered a carcinogen by some, but has not been classified by the EPA,
pending repitition of an epidemiological study. It is also contaminated
with dioxin according to the Basic Guide to Pesticides, Rachel Carson
Council.
A study published in the J. National Cancer Institute in 1991 found that
dogs whose owners used 2,4-D on their lawns were more likely to develop
lymphatic cancer
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