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  • Title: Mutagenicity testing of agent orange components and related chemicals.
    Author: Mortelmans K, Haworth S, Speck W, Zeiger E.
    Journal: Toxicol Appl Pharmacol; 1984 Aug; 75(1):137-46. PubMed ID: 6379990.
    Abstract:
    Components of the herbicide Agent Orange--2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and their esters, and the contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)--and related chemicals were tested for mutagenicity using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98, TA100, TA1535, and TA1537. No mutagenic activity was observed for any of the chemicals tested.
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