[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, FUDS: Mustard agent residue found at Spring Valley (DC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vial Used for Chemical Agent Mustard Is Uncovered

By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post
August 13, 2009

Residue in a laboratory vial found last week in a back yard in Northwest 
Washington has tested positive for the World War I blistering agent 
mustard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday.

The vial was found Aug. 4 during the ongoing excavation at a vacant 
property at 4825 Glenbrook Rd., in the Spring Valley neighborhood, and 
the U.S. Army Corps learned of the test results Monday.

The small, dirt-encrusted vial, shaped like half of an hourglass, was 
about four inches tall. Its seal was partially broken, and it was empty 
except for the residue, said Daniel Noble, project manager for the 
engineers' cleanup of the area. "We're talking about a very small 
quantity," he said.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081202312.html?hpid=topnews

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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