[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: "WWI-era munitions found in DC park are similar to chemical weapons found in Spring Valley cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

WWI-era munitions found in DC park are similar to chemical weapons found in Spring Valley cleanup

by Neal Augenstein 
WTOP News (DC)
April 20, 2023

WTOP has learned two metal canisters discovered Tuesday in Fort Totten Park, in Northeast D.C., were World War I-era weapons, with physical similarities to chemical weapons found during a decadeslong cleanup of a former chemical weapons site near the American University campus.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokeswoman Cynthia Mitchell said it’s not yet clear whether the canisters discovered in a mound of soil by a National Park Service employee, which are now being analyzed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, were empty.

“We expect preliminary, unofficial results on contents this week, and final confirmation next week,” Mitchell wrote in an email.

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For the entire article, see
https://wtop.com/dc/2023/04/canisters-found-in-fort-totten-were-wwi-munitions-similar-to-chemical-weapons-in-spring-valley-cleanup

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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