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From
Times Wire Reports
Tons of World War II Mustard Gas
Destroyed
More than 1,600 tons of stockpiled mustard agent from World War II
have been destroyed to meet the terms of a chemical weapons treaty, an Army
spokesman said. The mustard agent, which can blister the eyes, skin and lungs,
was the last batch stored at the Aberdeen Proving Ground 35 miles northeast
of Baltimore, said Jeff Lindblad, a spokesman for the chemical disposal facility
at the Army base.
