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Agent orange is...

Agent orange is

A

A biodegradable insecticide

B

A weedicide containing dioxin

C

Colour used in fluorescent lamp

D

A hazardous chemical used in luminous paints

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B

Agent orange is a weedicide containind dioxin It is so , called because of distinctive orange stripe on its packaging , combines equal parts of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T was later on found to contain a highly poisonous chemical dioxin as impurity.
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