[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, FORMER SITES: Spring Valley (DC) house demolished

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Demolition of house begins at former chemical weapons site in D.C.

By Rachel S. Karas
Washington Post
November 30, 2012

The Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday began to demolish a stately  
brick home in the District’s Spring Valley neighborhood that might  
sit atop a cache of World War I-era chemical munitions that has  
included mustard gas and arsenic.

Army officials hope to determine whether any chemical agents or  
munitions remain at the vacant property, which was used for  
researching and testing chemical agents, equipment and munitions from  
1917 to 1920.

A pit near the house’s back porch is expected to hold contaminated  
soil, glass and other debris, and munitions, said Dan Noble, a  
project manager. The site is in the 4800 block of Glenbrook Road NW.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/house-coming-down-on-former- 
chemical-weapons-site-in-dc/2012/11/29/f7a28fbe-3a71-11e2- 
b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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