> Lies and misinformation muddying rational decision making.
>

From Wikipedia

Prior to the controversy surrounding Agent Orange, there was already a
> large body of scientific evidence linking 2,4,5-T to serious negative
> health effects and ecological damage.[14]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange#cite_note-13>But in 1969, it was revealed to the public that the 2,4,5-T was
> contaminated with a dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin>(
> *TCDD*), and that the TCDD was causing many of the previously unexplained
> adverse health effects which were correlated with Agent Orange exposure.[
> 15] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange#cite_note-14> TCDD has
> been described as "perhaps the most toxic molecule ever synthesized by man"
>

So it was not the  2-4 D but a contaminant. Informed again.

BTW, I visited Danang in 68. I met with the Marines at Monkey Mountain to
make sure we were on the same page in the conduct of the Air War in the
North and over the Gulf.

My brother was in Danang and Chu li in 65. He was one of the first in and
was set to work supervising the off-load of supples.  A load fell and my
brother asked what should be done with the supplies that were damaged. "You
can have them for $5. since we cannot accept them."  It was Budweiser beer-
pallets and pallets of it. He stacked it in his BOQ room to the level of
his bed. It took a year, but when he left Vietnam, there was still enough
beer to make a Disney castle against the wall. He chubbed up nicely, but
wore it off soon after he returned to the States.

Who ever reads the huff post anyway? Amazing. Some seem to think that the
New Yorker and huff post are scientific journals. What's next, Mad Magazine?

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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