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Please, you can't put wartime use of a defoliant in the same category as Zyklon-B and what it was used for.
by ams6110 8y ago
Please, you can't put wartime use of a defoliant in the same category as Zyklon-B and what it was used for.
- ekianjo 8y agoOK, so a chemical that causes an horrendous list of conditions, many of them being fatal, and used on purpose on civilians during a conflict, is a bad comparison with Zyklon-B? Where do you draw the line then? How much toxicity is enough to draw the parallel? https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/conditions/ https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/condit...
- searine 8y ago>used on purpose on civilians during a conflict It wasn't used on purpose. 2,4-D, the defoliant used, wasn't the carcinogen and wasn't sprayed on people intentionally. The carcinogen in this case was a dioxin contaminate inadvertently created in the manufacturing process. The US military thought they were spraying a chemical they thought was (mostly) safe. Was the effect of 2,4-D a horrific disaster? Yes. Was it a mistake to use this tactic? Yes. Has the US provided all the necessary restitution? No. Is it equal to IG Farben knowingly producing Zylkon-B for genocide. No even close to the same.