A report on the outdoor testing of herbicides at Fort Detrick during the 1940's through 1960's is now available for downloading in .PDF format from a link in the Hot Topics box on the Fort Detrick, Maryland website. The report "ASR Findings for Testing of 2,4,5-T and Other Herbicide" estimates the amount of 2,4,5-T, one of the main components of Agent Orange, used during documented field tests on the installation between 1944 and 1968 was approximately 9,879 grams or 21.7 pounds. Based on a 1971 U.S. Department of Agriculture report "Restricting the Use of 2,4,5-T: Costs to Domestic Users", the annual average farm use of 2, 4, 5-T in 1969 was 48 pounds per 100-acre farm.
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