Friday, June 20, 2003

Agent Orange found dumped in gravel pit

Here's a very unusual story that I can't directly link to, but as I write you can find the direct link to the story at the Vanderhoof Omineca Express website.

Jeffrey Hodson's story starts like this...

Environmental contractors working for the Ministry of Transportation and Highways unearthed 12 old fuel drums near the Mapes gravel pit, a 20-minute drive east of Vanderhoof [B.C.].

The drums contained a combination of two chemicals: 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)—a combination of chemicals that is better known by the monicker: Agent Orange—a herbicide and defoliator used heavily by the American military in the Vietnam War....