All Agent Orange Ingredients Unearthed at U.S. Military Dumpsite on Okinawa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7837454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Mitchell (0009-0008-9832-7939, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 54 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466012038302 |
| OpenAlex | W4410183567 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
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
Agent Orange · Archaeology · Geography · Traditional medicine · Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment · Chemistry · Identification and Quantification in Food · Medicine · Food Science
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |