About Defoliants Chemicals
텍사스홀덤 Defoliants are chemicals used to remove the leaves from trees and plants.
These substances are often applied in agriculture to facilitate the harvesting of crops like cotton, where the removal of leaves makes it easier to collect the product. Defoliants are also used in warfare to deprive enemy forces of cover and food by destroying vegetation in targeted areas.
In warfare, one of the most infamous defoliants was Agent Orange, used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to clear forested areas and expose enemy movements.
This defoliant had devastating long-term health effects on both the environment and people exposed to it.
Defoliants differ from herbicides in that they primarily target the leaves of plants, while herbicides are designed to kill entire plants.
However, depending on their potency and application, some 텍사스홀덤 추천defoliants can also kill the plants they are applied to.
2,4-D Is Killing me
One of the Agent Orange Association of Canada's mandates is to provide information and education to the general public about the use of pesticides and herbicides.
It is part of our mission statement which we have all sworn to uphold.
what is 2,4-D?
2,4-D is a moderately persistent chemical with a half- life between 20 and 200 days.
Unfortunately, the herbicide does not affect target weeds alone.
It can cause low growth rates, reproductive problems, changes in appearance or behaviour, or death in non-target species.
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is one of the most common and most toxic herbicides used on US and Canadianlawns and gardens.
2,4-D has a notorious past. It was one of the two chemicals in the defoliants Agent Orange and Agent Purple. It was also one of the two chemicals in Agent White.
These carcinogenic herbicides were heavily used during the Vietnam War and now the Vietnamese population and Vietnam war veterans are haunted by the horrific effects of these herbicides, including miscarriages, birth defects, and cancer.
Presently, 2,4-D is one of the top five herbicides used most frequently by professional lawn care applicators.
Defoliant Dioxin Chemical Formula
2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy acetic acid - C8H5Cl3O3
Agent Purple was Agent Orange’s more lethal cousin with more than three times the level of dioxin as Agent Orange.
Agent Purple is 50% 2,4-D, 30% n-butyl ester 2,4,5-T and 20% isobutyl ester 2,4,5-T. Below is a chemical structure diagram of 2,4,5-T.
2,4,5-T had high levels of dioxin because 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid is contaminated by TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin) if it is allowed to attain a temperature greater than 160˚C during the production process.
2,4,5-T was tested at Gagetown in 1956-1958, 1960-1961, 1963-1964 and 1966-67Agent Purple was so badly affecting it's own troops that the Americans stopped using it in Vietnam the year before it was tested at CFB Gagetown.
Agent Purple was sprayed by the US military in 1966 and 1967 at the request of the Canadian government. It was sprayed for three days in 1966 and four days in 1967.
While DND has focused on Agents Orange and Purple as being the source of dioxin, Dr. Wayne Dwernychuk, a dioxin specialist, suggests that the earlier formulations of 2,4,5-T were probably even more contaminated than the compounds made in the late 1960s and 1970s
The Side Effects of Defoliants
Agent Orange was initially thought to be harmless to humans and safe enough to handle without additional protection. However, the mixture of herbicides produced trace amounts of the dioxin “TCDD“ the most toxic and dangerous dioxin.
One Vietnamese estimate is that approximately 5 million of its citizens suffer from medical conditions, birth defects or cancers related to their exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War. As many as 3 million experienced either birth defects or other serious illnesses.
It is believed that around 2.6 million American soldiers serving in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange.
These veterans reported a variety of illnesses and other health concerns.
side effects
Dioxin is linked to a number of serious health conditions, including skin disorders, nerve disorders, diabetes and numerous cancers.
Not all people who are exposed to dioxin get cancer.
Something that we, as an Association, have noted.
We believe people fall into three general categories according to our research.
There are those who have had heavy exposure to Dioxin and do not get cancer, they get multiple diseases and organ dysfunctions leading to severe disabling and early death.
Others have had indirect exposure, (i.e. washing uniforms soaked in the chemicals) who get cancer and have also died early.