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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Herbicide, Agent Orange, Roundup, Glyphosate, Atrazine, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, Copper(II) sulfate, Paraquat, Herbicidal warfare, Dicamba, Ammonium sulfamate, Metolachlor, 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, Dichlorprop, MCPA, Aminopyralid, Alachlor, 3-Amino-1,2,4-triazole, Propachlor, Acetochlor, Juglone, Tebuthiuron, Glufosinate, Diacetylverrucarol, Bromoxynil, Nitisinone, Lactofen, Triclopyr, Picloram, Trifluralin, Simazine, Clopyralid, DCMU, DL-Phosphinothricin, Diquat, Mecoprop, Agent White, Monolinuron, Dimethenamid, 2,4-DB, Hexazinone, 2,6-Dichlorobenzonitrile, Metham sodium, Asulam, Fenoprop, Clofibric acid, MPP+, Agent Purple, LibertyLink, Chloramben, Dinoseb, Propanil, Benthiocarb, Agent Green, Phenoxy herbicide, Bromacil, MCPB, Butachlor, Terbuthylazine, Chlorophenoxy herbicide, Metsulfuron-methyl, Clomazone, Chlortoluron, Agent Pink, Prometon, Chloroxuron, Imazapyr, Chlorthiamide, Methazole, Bensulide, Herbicide safener, Lumax, Saflufenacil, Ignite Herbicide, Sulfentrazone. Excerpt: Agent Orange is the code name for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. A 50:50 mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D, it was manufactured for the U.S. Department of Defense primarily by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical. The 2,4,5-T used to produce Agent Orange was later discovered to be contaminated with 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, an extremely toxic dioxin compound. It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped 55 US gallon (200 L) barrels in which it was shipped, and was by far the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides." Vietnamese man born with deformed face as a result of prenatal exposure to Agent Orange. During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, t...
