During manufacture, the herbicide 2,4,5-T becomes contaminated with dioxin unavoidably. The other half of Agent Orange, herbicide 2,4-D, is also a suspect. Therefore, many received one or more doses of tetracycline during their tour of duty. The other suspicious candidate is malathion. The same military unit that sprayed Agent Orange also sprayed DDT and malathion extensively in the vicinity of U.S. troops, to reduce the dangers of malaria carried by mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes are simply a nuisance.
Sperm count in men throughout the industrialized world appears to be dropping. The causes of testicular cancer are thought to be environmental because the rates vary widely from one location to another. It may take scientists many decades to tell us all we would like to know about a complex chemical like dioxin, or malathion. Arnold Schecter, editor. We would like to continue to provide this service free.