Toxic chemical in American University backyard
p2pnet view Off Topic:- A vial found in a back yard in Northwest Washington tested positive for the World War I blistering agent mustard, said p2pnet last Fall, quoting the Washington Post.
Of course, “land-mines, planted during various conflicts, are commonplace”, we said, going on, “And when the war is over, grass grows over them, or they’re covered in sand or otherwise hidden, and children playing where the bombs are buried have their legs blown off. If they’re lucky enough not to be killed.
“But mustard gas in a back yard in Northwest Washington?”
Now it’s déjà vu all over again.
But this time it’s arsenic trichloride, says American University Radio WAMU 88.5.
The US Army Corps of Engineers uncovered what “could be a fourth major disposal area for World War I-era munitions near American University in DC”, says the story, going on:
“Project Manager Dan Noble said workers pulled smoking glassware from the dig site in Spring Valley. Preliminary tests show it was contaminated with the toxic chemical arsenic trichloride.”
During World War I, the Army tested chemical weapons on what was then a rural tract called the American University Experiment Station.
“Dozens of other items also have been uncovered in recent months, including a jar of the chemical agent mustard”, the story adds.
cbwinfo.com lists it as an “Arsenical Agent Precursor”.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
p2pnet – Poison WW I gas found on university site, August 14, 2009
Washington Post – Vial Used for Chemical Agent Mustard Is Uncovered, August 13, 2009
WAMU 88.5 – Arsenic Trichloride Found in Dig Near AU, April 16, 2010
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