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• To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
• From: Stephen Flanagan <stevef@ceresgroup.com>
• Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 12:47:44 -0700 (PDT)

At 06:29 PM 6/3/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I caught an item on NPR Sunday in the weekly
>interview segment with two physicians that dealt with
>a re-examination of Agent Orange

Agent Orange is paraquat, aka Gramoxone Super, a restricted use
contact herbicide commonly used to burn back established weeds.

>dose-response rather than direct causation. Can
>anyone report on this study?  What were the
>pesticides involved -- I presume herbicides? 

I know of one study that found a causal link between 2-4, D, an
auxin herbicide used in grains to control broadleafs.  This particular
study  had a very close link between growers who applied their
own herbicides as opposed to non-applicators.  

I'd be very interested in this study.  Has anyone check the NPR site?
Stephen R. Flanagan .... Director of Internet Services
Ceres Online............ The Business of Agriculture
            http://www.ceresgroup.com/col

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