Army Contains Mustard Gas Leak
The Blue Grass Army Depot says it has contained a small mustard agent leak at the facility.
Sheryl Lowell, who is the spokeswoman for chemical weapons activity, told The Richmond Register (http://bit.ly/zwaFmD ) that an “extremely low level” of the chemical weapon was detected Monday in a storage igloo. She said the vapor was not able to escape into the outside air and no danger is posed to nearby residents.
In a separate incident, the depot says it is investigating how contaminants including TNT from a washout plant used to demilitarize conventional weapons got into the facility’s wastewater treatment plant.
Officials say the washout plant has been closed while the incident is investigated.
The depot says there’s no indication any of the contaminants were released off the installation in Richmond.
