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-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
2,4,5-T is contaminated with dioxin
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Kert Davies ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
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Any opinions expressed are mine and not my employer's.
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