MUSTARD GAS LEAK.(News)

From: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) | Date: January 7, 2003 | Copyright information

RICHMOND -- An artillery shell was leaking mustard gas at the Blue Grass Army Depot on Monday, but Army officials said it posed no health hazard to the surrounding community.

The leak was discovered by testing equipment in a storage igloo at 10:41 a.m. EST.

The igloo houses 155-mm projectile shells filled with mustard gas, ...

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