[CPEO-MEF] VX neutralent controversy

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

N.J. lawmaker presses Army on VX
Tests of disposal process for the nerve agent have not been made public yet

By JEFF MONTGOMERY
Wilmington News Journal (DE)
October 7, 2004

A south New Jersey congressman Wednesday demanded that the Army release 
all results from recent laboratory trials for a chemical weapon disposal 
project that would ship wastes to a treatment plant at the foot of the 
Delaware Memorial Bridge.

Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J., said the Army Chemical Materials Agency had 
declined to release interim results from tests of a plan designed to 
neutralize a 1,269-ton stockpile of deadly VX nerve agent stored in 
Newport, Ind.

"This is yet another example of a failure to be clear about a very risky 
and controversial process," Andrews said.

…

for the entire article, see
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/10/07njlawmakerpress.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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