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1971. Vietnam estimates 400,000 people being killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects. A 50:50 mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D, was manufactured for the U.S. Department of Defense primarily by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical. The 2,4,5-T used to produce Agent Orange was later discovered to be contaminated with 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, an extremely toxic dioxin compound. It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped 55 US gallon (200 L) barrels in which it was This little girl is a victim of Agent Orange. shipped, and was by far the most has now patented our food. sponsible for development, behavwidely used of the so-called “Rainior, fertility, and maintenance of bow Herbicides”. Reference: http:/ homeostasis (normal cell me/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ tabolism), and are chemicals The Monsanto Company (MON) is which interfere with endocrine (or Agent_Orange a US-based multinational agricul- hormone system) in animals, inA personal story from a Vietnam tural biotechnology ... Monsan- cluding humans. to began manufactur- These disruptions can cause caning DDT in cerous tumors, birth defects, and 1944. other developmental disorders. Specifically, they are known to DDT is an cause learning disabilities, severe endocrine attention deficit disorder, cognitive
DDTs:
disrupter: Endocrine disrupters are substances which “interfere with the synthesis, secretion, transport, May I remind you this chemi- binding, action, or elimination of cal company (MONSANTO) natural hormones in the body reVet friend of mine, “The soldiers would take the Agent Orange barrels and cut them in half and use them for Bar-B-Que pits.”
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