Defoliant Components
As previously mentioned the defoliant agents where composed
of a cocktail of herbicides. As can be seen in the table below
most of the agents contained the controversial 2,4,5-T which
contained dioxin as a byproduct containment. Since Agent Orange
is the most notorious of the 2,4,5-T containing agents the following
sections will deal primarily with it as well as Agent White
and Agent Blue which do not contain dioxin.
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TABLE 3: Summary of Herbicide Components and
Years Used (21), (22)
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Agent Name
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Active Ingredients
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Period of Use
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| Agent Pink |
n-Butyl Ester 2,4,5,T
iso-Butyl Ester 2,4,5,-T |
1962-1964
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| Agent Green |
n-Butyl Ester 2,4,5-T |
1962-1964
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| Agent
Orange I and II |
n-Butyl Ester 2,4,-D
n-Butyl Ester 2,4,5-T |
1965-1970
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| Agent Purple |
n-Butyl Ester 2,4-D
n-Butyl Ester 2,4,5-T
ISO-Butyl Ester 2,4,5-T |
1962-1964
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Agent
White*
(Tordon 101)
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Tri-isopropanolamine salt 2,4-D
Tri-isopropanolamine salt of Picloram |
1965-1971
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Agent
Blue
(Phytar 5606) |
Sodium Cacodylate
Free Cacodylic acid |
1962
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| * Study currently being conducted at Sydney
University |
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