CHEMICAL LEAK AT BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT
July 29, 2008
July 29, 2008
RICHMOND, K.Y., July 29 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
Army officials confirmed today that a mobile laboratory conducting a routine weekly check of the ambient air inside one of the chemical agent storage igloos tested positive for the blister agent H (Mustard). The igloo contains 155 millimeter H-agent artillery projectiles. The detection of low level vapor is the first confirmed detection of H-agent since August 7, 2005. The igloo has been placed under conti . . .
Army officials confirmed today that a mobile laboratory conducting a routine weekly check of the ambient air inside one of the chemical agent storage igloos tested positive for the blister agent H (Mustard). The igloo contains 155 millimeter H-agent artillery projectiles. The detection of low level vapor is the first confirmed detection of H-agent since August 7, 2005. The igloo has been placed under conti . . .