[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: American University, Spring Valley (DC)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Panel: Some munitions remain unseen
More than $11.3 million in chemicals still unfound

By Christopher Cottrell
American University Eagle (DC)

The greatest risk AU students currently face is the potential existence 
of a large burial site of unexploded World War I-era munitions in the 
area, Buzz Bailey, a local attorney, said during a panel discussion in 
Mary Graydon Center Tuesday night.

Panelists focused on the U.S. military's use of the university's 
property as a chemical weapons testing site between 1917 and 1918.

"We have found pure lewisite, pure mustard and pure arsine gas right 
next to AU on Glenbrook Road," said Ken Shuster of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. "We know that some [chemical munitions] were buried 
here - but the big mother load we still have not yet found."

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For the entire article, see
http://media.www.theeagleonline.com/media/storage/paper666/news/2008/04/24/News/Panel.Some.Munitions.Remain.Unseen-3346276-page2.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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