Agent Pink

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Agent Pink military codename one was defoliant , which the United States Armed Forces in the Vietnam War inserting for defoliating forests. It was named after the pink stripe around the barrels.

It contained the n-butyl and isobutyl esters of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) as active ingredients . The active ingredient content was between 961 and 1081 grams of 2,4,5-T per liter. According to the Air Force spray reports, 50,312 liters of Agent Pink were applied. This does not coincide with the documents of the material procurement offices, according to which 464,164 liters were purchased. The cause of this discrepancy is unknown, the documentation may be incorrect or the herbicide mixture may have been left to the South Vietnamese troops. Agent Pink was often applied as a mixture with Agent Green . It was used between 1961 and 1965, after the advent of Agent Orange it was no longer ordered.

Agent Pink, at 65.5 ppm, contained significantly more 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin than Agent Orange, which, according to a conservative estimate, contained 3 ppm TCDD. Despite the relatively small amount applied, Agent Pink made a significant contribution to the amount of dioxin applied.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 .