[CPEO-MEF] Rocky Mountain Arsenal (CO) Lewisite

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Arsenal to start neutralizing wartime chemical

By Cassie Hewlings
The Denver Post (CO)
November 13, 2007

Officials at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal will begin work tomorrow to 
neutralize a blistering agent discovered during a trench excavation Oct. 
31 and investigate the source of the World War I-era chemical agent.

The lewisite, manufactured at the arsenal until 1943, was detected 
during excavation at the Lime Basin, a restricted area. At the time, no 
workers showed symptoms of exposure to the agent, and according to a 
press release, air-monitoring samples taken since the initial discovery 
haven't detected any new lewisite.

During the investigation, which is expected to last about four days, 
crews will spray a neutralizing chemical throughout the worksite to 
suppress the agent in the soil.

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For the entire article, see
http://origin.denverpost.com/news/ci_7454802

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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