USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Herbicide Composition. 2, 4, 5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4, 5-T) was the main active ingredient of Agent Orange and the herbicides used earlier in the Vietnam War. As a result of the synthesis of 2, 4, 5-T, it was contaminated with 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD, also referred to as TCDD).

Detailed explanation-2: -The two active ingredients in the Agent Orange herbicide combination were equal amounts of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) and 2, 4, 5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4, 5-T), which contained traces of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).

Detailed explanation-3: -Agent Orange was one of a group of herbicides the U.S. military used during the Vietnam War as part of a program of defoliation, the killing of trees and other plants. In addition to exposing any Viet Cong troops hiding in the forests, the program deliberately destroyed the country’s food crops.

Detailed explanation-4: -From August 1965 to 1971, DOD sprayed 11.22 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam, with about 3 gallons per acre sprayed undiluted. DOD has little information available on the number or extent of personnel exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.