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Another WW-I Chemical Site In Washington, DC

Posted by kdawson on from the fourth-time's-the-charm dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "The AP is reporting that the US Army Corps of Engineers has uncovered what appears to be the fourth major disposal area for World War I-era munitions and chemical weapons in the nation's capital. Digging was suspended at a construction site after 'workers pulled smoking glassware from the pit — preliminary tests show the glassware was contaminated with the toxic chemical arsenic trichloride. ... Workers also discovered a jar about three-quarters full of a dark liquid that turned out to be the chemical agent mustard.' Someone needs to remind our government of the meaning of NIMBY."

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  1. Re:mustard is a chemical agent? by laederkeps · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think you are confusing the First World War with the Second World War. There were no Nazis involved in the first war (I really shouldn't have to explain this).

    I think you are confusing Germans with Nazis. The First World War was fought between Allied (Russian, French, British, American, Italian, and several others) forces and the European central powers (Among which Germany played a key role).
    While the GP referred to "Germans" (as in "people living in the German Empire at the time"), you are referring to "Nazis" as in "National Socialists" (I really shouldn't have to explain this.)