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While the two herbicides that make up Agent Orange, 2, 4-D and 2, 4, 5-T, remain toxic over a short period — a scale of days or weeks — they quickly degrade.

A 1969 report authored by K. Diane Courtney and others found 2, 4, 5-T could cause birth defects and stillbirths in mice.

Several studies have shown an increased rate of cancer mortality for workers exposed to 2, 4, 5-T.

In one such study, from Hamburg, Germany, the risk of cancer mortality increased by 170 % after working for 10 years at the 2, 4, 5-T-producing section of a Hamburg manufacturing plant.

Three studies have suggested prior exposure to Agent Orange poses an increased risk of acute myelogenous leukemia in the children of Vietnam veterans.