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In Vietnam war, Americans used powerful defolient over forests and agricultural fields making them barren, which is misuse of biotechnology and severely affect bio-geochemical cycles, the substance was

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Morphactin
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Triazines
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Agent orange
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None of the above
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The correct option is C Agent orange
Agent orange or herbicide orange is one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam war from 1961 to 1971. Agent orange was a toxic chemical defoliant used to eliminate forest cover. It was later revealed to cause serious health issues - including tumors, birth defects, rashes, psychological symptoms and cancer.

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