[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: Mustard leak at Pueblo (CO)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vapor leak covered at depot

John Norton

Pueblo Chieftain (CO)

August 3, 2011

Workers at the Pueblo Chemical Depot placed an air-filtering device on one of the facility’s earth-covered igloos Tuesday afternoon after routine monitoring detected mustard vapor.

The approximately 100 igloos in the depot's G Block hold 780,000 artillery shells and mortar rounds containing a total of 2,611 tons of mustard agent and the igloos are monitored regularly.

Some of the decades-old weapons have leaked and others have expelled small traces of gas over the years.

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For the entire article, see

http://www.chieftain.com/metro/vapor-leak-covered-at-depot/article_cc6c6188-bd92-11e0-9e77-001cc4c002e0.html

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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

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