2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 21 Apr 2006 17:13:25 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD) chemical agent leaks
 
Toxic gas mishap at APG
No injuries are reported; Army says 3 incidents in a week are unrelated; community is alarmed



By Justin Fenton Baltimore Sun April 21, 2006

Four Aberdeen Proving Ground employees were taken to a local hospital yesterday after a report of a chemical leak, the third incident in about a week during which workers were at risk of exposure to lethal substances at the Army base in Harford County.

None of the workers was injured in the incident, the second at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, a 1.5 million-square-foot research and engineering facility within APG for chemical and biological defense. The center's director pledged a thorough review of safety procedures.

Yesterday's incident involved phosgene, a toxic industrial chemical used as a choking agent in World War I and to make plastics and pesticides.

Army officials say the three incidents are unrelated and their timing coincidental. Still, residents of surrounding communities, which had largely been calm since the base cleared a 1,600-ton stockpile of mustard agent last year, are worried.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-md.ha.apg21apr21,0,4629103.story?coll=bal-local-harford
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