Agent Orange dioxin poisoned Yushchenko

Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by TCDD, the most harmful known form of dioxin and a key ingredient of the Vietnam war herbicide Agent Orange, the scientist who conducted tests on the presidential candidate’s blood said today.

Abraham Brouwer, professor of environmental toxicology at the Free University in Amsterdam, said the dioxin was TCDD, chemically known as tetrachlorodibenzoparadioxin.