Agent Pink
Agent Pink is the code name for a powerful
rainbow herbicides that included the more infamous Agent Orange
. Agent Pink was only used during the early "testing" stages of the spraying program before 1964.
Agent Pink's only active ingredient was
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD), is produced as a byproduct of the manufacture of 2,4,5-T, and was present in any of the herbicides that used it, but to greater proportion in the earlier Agents, such as Pink.[7]
A 2003 ppm that USAF had reported to a level of 13 ppm, also estimated that Agent Pink may have had 65.5 ppm of TCDD on average. The comparatively smaller amounts of Agent Pink and Agent Purple, with the spraying of 50,312 L (11,067 imp gal; 13,291 US gal) of Agent Pink is documented, but an additional 413,852 L (91,035 imp gal; 109,328 US gal) appear on procurement records, probably depositing a larger percentage of the total dioxin.[7]
References
- ^ Berufliche Akne (sog. Chlorakne) durch chlorierte aromatische zyklische Äther Von J. Kimmig und K. H. Schulz in Dermatologica Vol. 115, 1957, p.540-6 (German; with English and French summaries; cited in CA 1958:22227) (accessed 2013-07-29)
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- ^ Peter H. Schuck: Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts p. 17 (accessed 2013-07-29)
- ^ "Chemical companies, US authorities knew dangers of Agent Orange" Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine by Jon Dillingham; August 10, 2009 (accessed 2013-07-29)
- ^ REPORT TO SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS AND EXPOSURE TO AGENT ORANGE Archived 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine as Reported by Special Assistant Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., May 5, 1990 (accessed 2013-07-29)
- ^ a b Stellman, Jeanne et al. The Extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam Nature, Vol. 422 (17 April 2003) pp. 681 – 687 (accessed 2013-07-28)