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Agent Blue: The unknown Rainbow Agent

Agent Blue was used from q962 to 1071. A total of 2,166,656 gallon were dumped on rice paddys. Agent Orange was developed to kill the jungle canopy but does not work well on narrow leaf plantt like rice. So Agent Blue was developed to kill rice and deny the enemy a major food source. Unlike Agent Orange and all the other "Rainbow" agents, which use dioxin and the major componentn Agent Blue uses arsenic. This stuff lives forever and can cause problems years later. See the article below.

This information came from Loana Hoylman, a contributing editor for T VVA Vereran online.


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    • Agent Orange Newsletter: 2017

    • Agent Orange and Cancer

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    • Agent Orange Guide from the VVA

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