[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: Phosgene round found at Schofield Barracks (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

WWI-era mortar shell found at Schofield range

Munition likely contains phosgene, a choking agent

By William Cole
Honolulu Advertiser (HI)
July 11, 2009

A World War I-era mortar shell that likely contains phosgene, a choking 
agent, was found June 27 on a firing range impact area at Schofield 
Barracks, the Army said yesterday.

The discovery followed the destruction last year of 71 chemical weapons 
at Schofield — the largest concentration of unexploded, or "dud," 
chemical weapons ever found in the United States.

Workers found the 17-inch-long mortar shell while conducting ground 
excavations at the firing range, which is being converted to a Stryker 
vehicle "Battle Area Complex."

It is the same area where the 71 previous chemical weapons were found, 
officials said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090711/NEWS08/907110323/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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