An herbicide and defoliant containing 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T
and trace amounts of dioxin. Agent Orange was used as a defoliant in the Vietnam
War. There has been concern about Agent Orange as a carcinogen and teratogen (cause
cancer and birth defects).
T he Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in the US has found "sufficient
evidence" of an association between exposure to Agent Orange and the risk of developing
chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin disease,
and soft tissue sarcoma.
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