[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES, GLOBAL: "Agent Orange Ingredients Unearthed at U.S. Military Dumpsite on Okinawa, " Japan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

All Agent Orange Ingredients Unearthed at U.S. Military Dumpsite on  
Okinawa


Jon Mitchell
Japan Focus
August 11, 2014

More than six months after dozens of rusty chemical barrels were  
unearthed from former U.S. military land in Okinawa City, their  
contents have been identified - and they appear to offer conclusive  
proof that the toxic Vietnam War defoliant Agent Orange was buried on  
the island.

Announced in early July, the results of two separate studies - one  
conducted by Okinawa City and one by the Okinawa Defense Bureau -  
both detected the three signature components of Agent Orange: the  
herbicides 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D as well as highly-toxic TCDD dioxin.

This is the first time that all three ingredients have been  
discovered on ex-Pentagon property on Okinawa.

About half of the 61 barrels also bore markings from the Dow Chemical  
Company - one of the largest manufacturers of Agent Orange for the  
U.S. military.

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For the entire article, see
http://japanfocus.org/events/view/226

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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