Question

Agent Orange consisted of

• A. 2,4 - D
• B. 2,4,5-T
• C. Dioxin as contaminant
• D. All the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D All the above

• Agent Orange refers to a herbicide mixture which was used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War and it contained a dangerous chemical contaminant called dioxin.
• The active ingredient of Agent Orange was an equal mixture of two phenoxy herbicides – 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5 trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and it also contained traces of the dioxin 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).
  
• So the correct option is ' All of the above'.