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    Herbicidal warfare research conducted by the U.S. military began during the Second World War with additional research during the Korean War. Interest...
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    Herbicidal warfare is the use of substances primarily designed to destroy the plant-based ecosystem of an area. Although herbicidal warfare use chemical...
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    Biological Warfare Laboratories (USBWL) was a suite of research laboratories and pilot plant centers operating at Camp (later Fort) Detrick, Maryland, United States...
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    the United States Army tasked with defending against and using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. The Chemical Warfare Service...
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    Enterotoxin Entomological warfare Ethnic bioweapon Herbicidal warfare Hittite plague Human experimentation in the United States John W. Powell Johnston...
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    Agent Orange Act of 1991 (category 102nd United States Congress)
    herbicides, better known as Agent Orange, during the Vietnam War era. The United States Statute endorses an observation of human medical conditions directly...
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    classified as herbicidal warfare. Some batches of Agent Orange, for instance, used by the British during the Malayan Emergency and the United States during the...
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  • meeting Khrushchev in Vienna). August 10, 1961 — Test run of U.S. herbicidal warfare program in South Vietnam. ("Operation Trail Dust") October 1961 —...
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    and defoliant used by the U.S. as part of Operation Ranch Hand, a herbicidal warfare program initiated by the U.S. military. Developed from 1962 to 1971...
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    in the 1950s, which led to the formal herbicidal program Trail Dust (see Operation Ranch Hand). Herbicidal warfare is the use of substances primarily designed...
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    suffered serious harm as a result of exposure to Agent Orange, a herbicidal warfare programme used by the British military during the Malayan Emergency...
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    parts of the Earth becoming uninhabitable due to the effects of nuclear warfare, potentially causing the collapse of civilization, the extinction of humanity...
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    A defoliant is any herbicidal chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause their leaves to fall off. Defoliants are widely used for the selective removal...
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    Rainbow Herbicides. It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to...
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    Basel Convention (category Free content from United Nations Environment Programme)
    there are 191 parties to the convention. In addition, Haiti and the United States have signed the convention but did not ratify it. Following a petition...
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    iridescence Environmental effects of aviation Environmental engineering Herbicidal warfare LGBT chemicals conspiracy theory Mick West (chemtrail skeptic) Mobile...
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    forth with estimations from the Economic Research Service that approximates food waste in the United States to be equivalent to 141 trillion calories...
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    military during the Malayan Emergency and the U.S. military in its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War. An estimated...
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    Herbicide (redirect from Herbicidal)
    the wrong field or plants may be sprayed due to error. Although herbicidal warfare uses chemical substances, its main purpose is to disrupt agricultural...
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    industrial, household, and manufacturing solid and hazardous wastes in the United States. RCRA aims to conserve natural resources and energy, protect human health...
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    to 2.6. Deaths from collisions has become an extinction threat. The United States' National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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  • potential human health and environmental risks; more research is necessary. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, exposure to some...
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    PMC 6257174. PMID 30524872. "National Research Council Recommendations Concerning Chemical Hygiene in Laboratories". United States Department of Labor. Retrieved...
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  • Fungicide use in the United States Global distillation Glufosinate Glyphosate Green pest management Herbicide Herbicidal warfare Herbicide safener Hexachloroacetone...
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    military over more than 10% of Southern Vietnam as part of the U.S. herbicidal warfare program Operation Ranch Hand during the Vietnam War, from 1961 to...
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    Operation Ranch Hand (category Chemical warfare)
    during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust". Ranch Hand involved...
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    the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) that used maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the United States Environmental...
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    Vietnam (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Department of State Background Notes)
    declared Vietnam's independence in 1945. Vietnam went through prolonged warfare in the 20th century. After World War II, France returned to reclaim colonial...
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    presents a serious threat to human health. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that mercury consumption by people of all ages...
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    sector continues to grow, the international rhetoric surrounding nuclear warfare intensifies, and the ever-present threat of radioactive materials falling...
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