>on toxic substances,
>a)...
>b) do a little research on PCBs (polychlorinated biphenols) when you are
>talking about Agent Orange and it's equivalents in modern industrial use
>- it should scare the stuffing out of you.
Well, brace yourself, because a Free The PCBs campaign seems to be under
way in the US. All those hazards are a bunch of pseudo-science, you know
(just like the slanders against tobacco) and certain people have the money
to prove it! And if it works here, remember, shit flows downhill -- oops,
that sounds somehow vaguely insulting to our overseas friends -- anyway,
the campaign may spread elsewhere.
>As an aside, we used to be able to buy a fairly nasty herbicide at any
>local garden centre here in Australia. It was called Lane's Tree and
>Blackberry Killer and it contained 24-D and 245-T. Residual as all hell,
>and strangely enough not available anymore ;)
The same stuff was a major farm-and-home herbicide in the US in the 60s or
so. Fell out of favor around the time of Vietnam, for some reason.
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