Agent Orange Use - Outside Vietnam - 01/28/2003
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AGENT ORANGE USE - OUTSIDE VIETNAM - 01/28/2003 ID Report Title Pg # Box # Location Dates Agents Project Description DoD Involvement 1 Technical Report 114, Field 10 1 Apalachicola 5/3/1967- basic desiccants During the period of 12/1966 - 10/1967, Yes Evaluation of Desiccants and National 5/8/1967 and Orange/Blue a comprehensive short-term Herbicide Mixtures as Rapid Forest near evaluation was conducted by Defoliants Sophoppy, FL personnel from Fort Detrick's Plant Science Lab in coordination with contract research on formulations by chemical industry and field tests by USDA and U of HI 2 Technical Report 114, Field 10 1 Fort Gordon, 7/15/1967- in-house During the period of 12/1966 - 10/1967, Yes Evaluation of Desiccants and GA 7/17/1967 desiccants a comprehensive short-term Herbicide Mixtures as Rapid mixtures and evaluation was conducted by Defoliants formulations, personnel from Fort Detrick's Plant Orange and Blue Science Lab in coordination with contract research on formulations by chemical industry and field tests by USDA and U of HI 3 Technical Report 114, Field 10 1 Fort Chaffee, 5/16/1967- basic, in-house, During the period of 12/1966 - 10/1967, Yes Evaluation of Desiccants and AK 5/18/1967, improved a comprehensive short-term Herbicide Mixtures as Rapid 7/22/1967- desiccants and evaluation was conducted by Defoliants 7/23/1967, Orange, Blue personnel from Fort Derrick's Plant 8/23/1967 - Science Lab in coordination with 8/24/1967 contract research on formulations by chemical industry and field tests by USDA and U of HI 4 Technical Report 114, Field 10 1 Base 6/20/1967- basic desiccants During the period of 12/1966 - 10/1967, Yes Evaluation of Desiccants and Gagetown 6/24/1967 and Orange, a comprehensive short-term Herbicide Mixtures as Rapid near Blue, various evaluation was conducted by Defoliants Fredericton, personnel from Fort Detrick's Plant New Science Lab in coordination with Brunswick, contract research on formulations by Canada chemical industry and field tests by USDA and U of HI 5 Technical Report 114, Field 12 1 Las Marias, 2/1967- various, During the period of 12/1966 - 10/1967, Yes Evaluation of Desiccants and Puerto Rico 12/1967 including a comprehensive short-term Herbicide Mixtures as Rapid Orange evaluation was conducted by Defoliants personnel from Fort Detrick's Plant Science Lab in coordination with contract research on formulations by chemical industry and field tests by USDA and U of HI 6 Technical Report 114, Field 13 1 Kauai Branch 6/1967, Blue,diquat,para During the period of 12/1966 - 10/1967, Yes Evaluation of Desiccants and Station near 10/1967, quat, Orange, a comprehensive short-term Herbicide Mixtures as Rapid Kapaa, Kawai, 2/1968, PCP, Picloram, evaluation was conducted by Defoliants HI 12/1967 White, HCA, personnel from Fort Detrick's Plant 2,4,5-T, Science Lab in coordination with Endothall contract research on formulations by chemical industry and field tests by USDA and U of HI 7 Report of Standing Subpanel E-2.5 11 Drawe Thailand 1964-1965 Purple, Orange, Sponsored by ARPA; ARPA Order 423, Yes on Plant Sciences r 1 Others Between the mentioned dates, there was a large-scale test program to determine effectiveness of mentioned agents in defoliation of upland forest or jungle vegetation representative of SEA. 8 Special Report No. 184, Anticrop 1 17 Englin Air 11/1952- 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T: Two trials: Chemical Corps- Yes Aerial Spray Trials, Phase III Force Base, 12/1952 143 and 974, concerned with basic fundamental FL respectively work, using 2,4-D, Air Force- concerned with evaluating prototype large capacity spray system for aircraft installation using 2,4,5-T, primarily. Used 3 atomizing nozzles: Bete Fog Nozzles, Whir 9 Special Report No. 79, Destruction by 4 17 Beaumont, TX 6/1944 LN *phenoxy Small plot experiments were No Chemical Agents also see Special commenced to test the effectiveness Report No. 25, Vigo Plant CWS, Terre of LN agents. Various trials were done Haute, Indiana, and Beaumont TX, under contract with the USDA, aided Box 12 by personnel at Camp Detrick. Here, they were testing on rice crops. 10 Special Report No. 79, Destruction by 4 17 Bushnell Army 2/1945 LN *phenoxy Small plot experiments were Yes Chemical Agents Air Field, FL commenced to test the effectiveness of LN agents. Various trials were done under contract with the USDA, aided by personnel at Camp Detrick. Here, it was aerial spray experiments on potted plants AO USE REPORT - 01/28/2003 AGENT ORANGE USE - OUTSIDE VIETNAM - 01/28/2003 11 Special Report No. 79, Destruction by 5 17 Vigo Plant 5/1945- LN (see Small plot experiments were Yes Chemical Agents also see Special CWS, Terre 9/1945 attached) commenced to test the effectiveness Report No. 25, Vigo Plant CWS, Terre Haute, IN *phenoxy of LN agents. Various trials were done Haute, Indiana, and Beaumont TX, under contract with the USDA, aided Box 12 by personnel at Camp Detrick. Here, it was aerial trials spraying field grown plants. 12 Special Report No. 79, Destruction by 5 17 Jefferson Summer 1945 LN *phenoxy Small plot experiments were Yes Chemical Agents Proving commenced to test the effectiveness Grounds, of LN agents. Various trials were done Madison, IN under contract with the USDA, aided by personnel at Camp Detrick. Here, it was dropping trials. 13 Special Report No. 79, Destruction by 5 17 Granite Peak, Summer 1945 LN *phenoxy Small plot experiments were Yes Chemical Agents UT commenced to test the effectiveness of LN agents. Various trials were done under contract with the USDA, aided by personnel at Camp Detrick. Here, it was dropping trials. 14 Special Report No. 149, Low Volume 1 17 Avon Air 2/1951- butyl 2,4 D Trials were conducted at Avon Air Yes Anticrop Aerial Spray Trials and Force Base, 4/1951 Force Base, FL by Chemical Corps 12 FL with personnel of the Air Force and Navy to determine the practical effectiveness of spraying pure anticrop agents from at low volume from aircraft. C-47 and Navy XBT2D-1 aircraft with var 15 Special Report No. 201, Field 4 17 area B, Camp Spring/Summ 3:1 mixture 2,4-D Personnel at Camp Detrick tested the Yes Development of Chemical Anticrop Detrick, MD er 1953 and 2,4,5-T feasibility of using an experimental Agents, Response of Field Grown spray tower for applying a mixture of Crops to Chemical Anticrop Agents chemical anticrop agents to broad-leaf Released from Experimental Spray crops. tower 16 Crop Destruction by Aerial Sprays, 5 17 Bushnell Army 2/1945-4/1945 2,4-D and its Trials, performed by C.W.S. personnel Yes Preliminary Trials also see Air Field, ammonium salt from Camp Detrick, MD tested the Special Report No. 14, The Effect of Bushnell, FL practicability of severely injuring or VKA and VKS on Natural Vegetation, destroying crop plants sprayed from Box 12 smoke tanks mounted on tactical aircraft. 17 Technical Report USAF OEHL -78-92, II-1 17 Sea Summer 1977 Orange In 1977, the USAF incinerated 2.22 Yes, Gulfport the Toxicology, Environmental Fate million gallons of Herbicide Orange at No, JI and Human Risk of Herbicide Orange sea in an operation entitled PACER and its Associated Dioxin HO. Extensive industrial hygiene sampling efforts supporting the transfer operations at Gulfport, MS and Johnston Island indicated all exposures 18 Memo for Record, Summary 1968 2 Drawe Korea, third 7/23/1968- Hyvar XWS, In 1968, chemicals were sent from the Yes Vegetation Control Tests r 1 Brigade, 2nd 7/24/1968 tandex, Urox B, Plant Sciences Lab, Ft Detrick, MD, to Division area Urox Oil the Republic of Korea for the purpose concentrate of testing their effectiveness in the (liquids) control of vegetation. bromacil, tandex, Urox 22 (solids) 19 Development of Arsenic Based 3 8 Marinette, WI, 5/1967-1/1969 arsenic 71 new arsenic compounds were Yes Defoliants Weslaco, TX compounds, tested in primary screening against 6 Orange, plant species in greenhouse tests. cacodylic acid, Then, 5 of the most active compounds sodium were tested in field trials against Red cacodylate Maple and compared to formulations of cacodylic acid and a 50:50 blend of 20 Spread Factor Study of Drops of ii 8 Eglin AFB, FL 6/11/1968- orange, Bifluid A spread factor study was performed Yes Orange and Stull Bifluid Defoliants 9/12/1968 #1, Bifluid#2, by the Army to correlate the spherical on Kromekote Cards and Plant Stull Bifluid drop sizes of both Orange and Stull Leaves Bifluid defoliants. It involved development of new techniques to determine spread factors over an extended range of drop sizes. A spinning cup d 21 Miscellaneous Publication 8, 155 11 Fort Ritchie, 1963 Tordon, 2,4-D, Various studies were done to explore Yes Proceedings of the Second MD Orange, diquat, the effectiveness of different Defoliation Conference 5-6 August endothal, and herbicides. They were all field trials. 1964 combinations of These studies were done by personnel each with from the US Army Biological Tordon Laboratories. AO USE REPORT - 01/28/2003 AGENT ORANGE USE - OUTSIDE VIETNAM - 01/28/2003 22 Miscellaneous Publication 8, 156 11 Fort Meade, 1963 cacodylic acid, Various studies were done to explore Yes Proceedings of the Second MD Dowco 173, the effectiveness of different Defoliation Conference 5-6 August butyediol herbicides. They were all field trials. 1964 These studies were done by personnel from the US Army Biological Laboratories. 23 Special Report No. 64, Destruction of 4 12 Kumbla, South 1945-1946 LN compounds The main objective of the experiments Yes Tropical Crops with Growth- India *phenoxy was to determine the feasibility of inhibiting Agents accomplishing severe injury or destruction of tropical food crops by the application of growth-inhibiting (LN*) compounds in static trials.