Agent Orange is a timberland - clarification herbicide that killed over 400,000 people during the Vietnam War . Almost 40 days later , ranchers in the Amazon part of Brazil arestill using the substanceto illegally clear out 440 acres of rainforest .
concord to Treehugger and the Brazilian environmental office IBAMA , ranchers have turned to Agent Orange as a deforesting method acting because it ’s difficult to find .
Officials from Brazil ’s environmental agency IBAMA were first tip to the illegal clearing by satellite icon of the woods in Amazonia ; a helicopter flyover in the region after let on thousands of trees left ash - color in and defoliated by toxic chemicals . IBAMA articulate that Agent Orange was probably break up by aircraft by a yet unidentified rancher to take in the land for pasture because it is more unmanageable to detect than traditional cognitive process that necessitate chain saw and tractors .
In addition , four tons of ( fortunately ) unreleased Agent Orange was disclose in another part of the Amazon , which would have pass over out 7,500 acres of foliage and wildlife , and would have caused ruinous moment for decades to travel along . According to Brazilian publicationFolha de Sao Paulo , this is the first time since 1999 that Agent Orange has been used in Brazil . [ IBAMAandhttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/…“>Folha de Sao Paulo viaTreehugger ]
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