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Wow, how horrifying. The more I read about the Nixon/Kissinger era, the less I wish I had. Also of note is the fact that the original compound was used as a pe
by scottyah 3y ago
Wow, how horrifying. The more I read about the Nixon/Kissinger era, the less I wish I had.
Also of note is the fact that the original compound was used as a pesticide for years. Pesticides in general give me paranoia as they try to delicately toe the line between effectively killing small beings and not causing harm to humans.
- microtherion 3y agoIn 1968, LBJ was president, and in 1976, Gerald Ford, so neither of these incidents can be added to Nixon's (considerable) register of sins.
- hyperthesis 3y agoAlso antibiotics. Even the name is sinister.
- RCitronsBroker 3y agoif that freaks you out, what about cytostatics, drugs that hinder the proliferation of all cells. Just take them and pray to god it affects the fast growing tumor cells more than your own. By the way, the dose needed to actually do something to the tumor is high enough to murk you, so better take 3 different ones in lower doses
- scottyah 3y agoDefinitely freaky, but antibiotics are just biotics too- they're just the warrior/spartan kind that have a tendency to kill off all of the other guys.
- SapporoChris 3y agoFrom the article: "In response to public protests over these incidents, President Nixon disbanded the Army Chemical Corp, and took action to ratify the Geneva Protocol to prohibit chemical weapons in war." After always hearing bad things about Nixon, this came as a surprise. However, I did a little more looking and yes, Nixon did some good things for the environment.
- quietpain 3y agoThere’s a military history channel I follow that did a special on this topic. I remember that nerve gas initially came out of the pesticide research: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0D4Ph_yRYM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0D4Ph_yRYM