Agent Green
Agent Green was the military code name of a defoliant that contained the n-butyl ester of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) as an active ingredient . It was named after the green stripe around the barrels of the US armed forces in Vietnam. Agent Green was used by the Americans during the Vietnam War to defoliate forests, but to a lesser extent than the well-known Agent Orange . Agent Green was not used alone, but always as a mixture with Agent Pink . According to the procurement documents, 31,026 liters of Agent Green were purchased. The period of use is limited to the years 1961 to 1965, because Agent Green was no longer appointed after Agent Orange was available.
Agent Green is believed to have been heavily contaminated with dioxins . This can only be deduced from the manufacturing period of the ingredient 2,4,5-T, whose dioxin levels generally declined during the 1960s. Samples from Agent Green, which was released at the time, do not appear to have survived.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Jeanne Mager Stellman, Steven D. Stellman, Richard Christian, Tracy Weber, Carrie Tomasallo: The extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam . In: Nature . tape 422 , no. 6933 , March 17, 2003, p. 681-687 , doi : 10.1038 / nature01537 .
