[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES: Ft. Detrick (MD) Agent Orange

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FrederickNewsPost.com


Army tested 17 pounds of Agent Orange chemical on sections of Fort Detrick


By Megan Eckstein
Frederick News-Post (MD)
November 18, 2010


The Army sprayed about 17 pounds of a main Agent Orange ingredient on 
sections of Fort Detrick between 1944 and 1968, an official announced at 
a meeting Wednesday night.

Randal Curtis, program manager for the St. Louis district of the Army 
Corps of Engineers, presented the preliminary Archives Search Report to 
the Fort Detrick Restoration Advisory Board. The findings were based on 
technical reports, standard operating procedures, lab notes, maps and 
photos uncovered in archive and records locations around the country. 
Curtis' office was tasked with sifting through these documents for any 
information on 2,4,5-T, one of two main ingredients in Agent Orange.

According to the preliminary report, Fort Detrick was the headquarters 
of the Chemical Warfare Service's special projects division during and 
after World War II, making it a hub for offensive and defensive 
biological research and development. 2,4,5-T was tested at Fort Detrick 
in three main time periods: 1944-1951, 1953 and 1961-1963.



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http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=112587

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Lenny Siegel
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