The Effects of Herbicides in South Vietnam. Part B. Working Papers: Persistence and Disappearance of Herbicides in Tropical Soils

Abstract

A very obvious and legitimate question poses itself when an extraneous material has been introduced into the environment: How long will this material persist, or how fast will it disappear. For the military herbicide operations in South Vietnam this question is particularly obvious and urgent. Herbicides have been used in those operations at levels roughly five to ten times higher than in normal agricultural practices. The report includes herbicide determinations in soils and water supplies at different locations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0779025

Entities

People

  • Anton Lang
  • Geoffrey E. Blackman
  • John D. Fryer
  • Michael D Newton

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agent Orange
  • Agreements
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemistry
  • Chromatography
  • Detection
  • Drops
  • Environment
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Groundwater
  • Herbicides
  • Materials
  • Planting
  • Plants
  • South Vietnam
  • Vegetables

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