An investigation into a report that barrels of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange may have been surreptitiously buried at a New Brunswick military base has apparently come up empty. "There was no indication of a potential barrel disposal site in the area indicated by Mr. White during his visit," said spokesman Dan Le Bouthillier in an email response. "Precautionary hand digging continued on other targets beyond the area identified by Mr. White, but there has, to date, been no drums found at the sites searched." The base was used by the U.S. military in two separate sets of aerial Agent Orange spraying tests in the late 1960s. During White's to the base to locate the site, officials noted that vegetation growth was stunted in the area he identified.

Source: CBC News October 02, 2018 22:38 UTC