Dave wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:35:13 -0500, Martin Baxter said:


Um, not duPont, Agent Orange, (largely dioxin) was manufactured by Dow Chemicals, (Monsanto).


Actually, I believe it was manufactured by several producers. The Agent
Orange litigation dragged on for years, and included a variety of companies
as defendants, including Uniroyal Chemical which my then firm represented.


Indeed, Dave, I believe you are correct. I think Dow originally developed the stuff
for Monsanto (which it then owned, probably still does) to use in the course of normal
agriculture. I use the term "normal" very loosely here. Dow then licensed its' production
to other companies, I think a bunch was made up here in Canada by CIL, then owned by ICE.

Cheers
Marty