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The April 1970 suspension of Agent Orange

On 15 April 1970 the Department of Defense said it would temporarily suspend use of Agent Orange.

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  1. 15 Apr 1970 The April 1970 suspension of Agent Orange
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  1. Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971, Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1982. Primary record
    The Department of Defense will temporarily suspend the use of 2,4,5-T (orange) in all military operations pending a more thorough evaluation of the situation.
    The Chairman of the JCS favored the second option, however,
    Foster's view prevailed, and, on April 15, 1970, the Deputy Secretary of Defense informed the Joint Chiefs that
    The last Ranch Hand herbicide mission of the war sprayed a crop target in Ninh Thuan Province on January 7, 1971.
  2. In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation (Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co.), 04-CV-400, 373 F. Supp. 2d 7: Memorandum, Order and Judgment, dated 10 March 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Judge Jack B. Weinstein), 10 Mar 2005. Primary record
    In April 1970, 2,4,5-T was banned from most United States domestic uses on the basis of evidence of its possible teratogenicity.
  3. Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co., 517 F.3d 104 (2d Cir. 2008), No. 05-1953-cv, decided 22 February 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 22 Feb 2008. Primary record Archived copy
    In June 1966, a government study on the long-term health effects of pesticides, including 2,4,5-T (known as the Bionetics Study), uncovered evidence of teratogenicity (birth defects) in mice.
    did not restrict the ongoing herbicide program in Vietnam.
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