[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, GLOBAL: Army lab in Edgewood (MD) works on Syria demilitarization

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army lab in Edgewood tied to Nobel-winning chemical weapons  
disarmament group
Forensic Analytical Center part of network recognized for work  
concerning Syria

By Scott Dance
Baltimore Sun (MD)
November 6, 2013

A team of scientists at Aberdeen Proving Ground may play a critical  
role in helping the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical  
Weapons, which recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, disarm Syria's  
stockpile of chemical weapons.

In a squat brick building surrounded by two layers of chain-link  
fence topped with razor wire, the U.S. Army's Forensic Analytical  
Center is capable of dissecting samples of suspected or destroyed  
chemical weapons. It is one of 21 labs around the world certified to  
work with the organization to confirm the presence of nerve agents  
and other chemical weapons.

At least one of those 21 labs helped confirm the use of sarin nerve  
gas in an August attack in Syria that killed more than 1,400 people.  
Officials at the Army lab, part of the Edgewood Chemical Biological  
Center on the Harford County base, won't say whether it was involved.

But as global leaders pursue dismantling Syria's chemical weapons  
programs, labs like the one in Edgewood could play a key role going  
forward.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/maryland-health/bs-hs-chemical- 
weapons-lab-20131101,0,5601575.story

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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
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