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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:
April 1 to May 31, 2007


Links posted May 29, 2007

The Seattle Times

05/26/07     "Gulf War syndrome culprit: sarin"

Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette

05/29/07     "When VX goes, FEMA funds go with it"

Dissident Voice

05/29/07     "25th Anniversary of the Warren County PCB Landfill Protests"

Tri-City Herald

05/28/07     "Umatilla depot commander leaving post with rockets destroyed"


Links posted May 25, 2007

Associated Press

05/25/07     "Former workers alarmed by weapons site's shipment of water"

Pueblo Chieftain

05/25/07     "Chemical destruction plant design gets formal approval"

05/25/07   "Health board gets chem demil update"

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

05/25/07     "UH, Army to scour for bombs in ocean"


Links posted May 23, 2007

Honolulu Advertiser

05/23/07     "Army seeks ordnance input"

Itar-Tass News Agency

05/23/07     "Russia to continue chemical weapons destruction"

Press TV

05/23/07     "Yemen troops may use chemo weapons"


Links posted May 22, 2007

Richmond Register

05/22/07     "Depot case dismissed"

Associated Press

05/21/07     "Major Phase Of Chemical Weapons Disposal Completed"

New Scientist

04/28/07     "Chemical weapons still causing concern"


Links posted May 17, 2007

New York Times

05/17/07     "Gas May Have Harmed Troops, Scientists Say"

Chemical Materials Agency

05/17/07     "United States eliminates chemical weapons production facilities"

Pine Bluff Commercial

05/17/07     "Arsenal Operations Control Transferred"


Links posted May 16, 2007

OpEd News

05/16/07     "Burning Deadly Military Waste in Blacks Backyard"


Links posted May 14, 2007

Environment News Service

05/11/07     "Whistleblower Discloses Violations at Chemical Weapons Depot"  


Links posted May 11, 2007

Southeast Texas Record

05/10/07     "PA group takes on Army over nerve gas wastewater shipment"                  

05/10/07     Arguments "Transport, incineration of VX wastewater is safe"

RIA Novosti                      

05/10/07     "U.S. Congress overturns Pentagon's foot-drag on Russian chemical weapons"

Richmond Register                      

05/11/07     "Second whistleblower: Chemist claims wrongful firing"            

Associated Press                                                        

05/11/07     "Chemical weapons worker says he was fired for whistle-blowing "          


Links posted May 10, 2007

Port Arthur News

05/09/07     "Letter to the Editor

Epoch Times                      

05/09/07     "Army Nerve Gas Shipments Trigger Lawsuit"

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/10/07     "Scientist alleges wrongful firing from depot"


Links posted May 09, 2007

Beaumont Enterprise

05/09/07     "Lawsuit tries to stop nerve agent waste shipments"

Pueblo Chieftain

05/09/07     "Suit seeks to stop shipments of nerve agent wastewater"

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/09/07     "Suit seeks to prevent transport of weapons waste byproducts"

Associated Press                      

05/08/07     "VX waste foes file lawsuit to halt shipments

05/08/07     "Chemicals weapons watchdog calls on Mideast countries to sign treaty"

The Guardian                      

05/08/07     "Toxic Legacy"


Links posted May 07, 2007

The Epoch Times

05/05/07     "Army and Texas Town at Odds over Disposal of VX Nerve Agent"

Associated Press

05/07/07     "Waste plant attracts protest"

Beaumont Enterprise

05/06/07     Letters "When handling toxic wastes, do it carefully"

Defense Environment Alert

05/01/07     "Citizen Groups Poised to Sue Army over VX Nerve Agent Waste Shipments"

05/01/07     "Court Ruling Flags Army's Mustard Agent Incineration Obstacles"

Arms Control Today

05/07     "Progress or Problems at CW Destruction Site?"


Links posted May 04, 2007

Beaumont Enterprise

05/04/07     "Nerve agent wastewater disposal sets off legal war"

The Enid News and Eagle

05/04/07     "Incendiary devices found near chemicals at Salt Plains dig area"

Associated Press

05/03/07     "Chemical warfare agents found at refuge"

Reuters

05/04/07     "British play lays bare U.S. offensive in Falluja"


Links posted May 03, 2007

Pueblo Chieftain

05/03/07     "Chairman Klomp steps down from chem demil commission"

RIA Novosti

05/04/07     "Russian deputy PM cold on troop deal, warm on chemical weapons"


Links posted May 02, 2007

Scientific American

05/01/07     "Symptomatic Persian Gulf War Vets Show Brain-Volume Deficits"

MaxHealth

05/02/07     "Veterans with Gulf War syndrome have damage in nervous system"

The Enid News and Eagle

05/02/07     "Salt Plains beds yield 130-plus chemical vials"


Links posted May 01, 2007

Beaumont Enterprise

05/01/07     "PA mayor Ortiz stands by comments about VX waste"

Richmond Register

05/01/07     "CWWG releases 'Citizens Solution'"

Forbes

05/01/07     "Vets From First Gulf War Show Brain Differences"

New Scientist

05/01/07     "Brain shrink linked to Gulf War syndrome"

Chemical Materials Agency

04/27/07     "Newport Chemical Depot Reaches 50-Percent VX Destruction"


Links posted April 30, 2007

Associated Press

04/30/07     "Texas residents object to incinerator"

04/27/07     "Environmental groups plan to sue feds over disposal of VX waste"

Port Arthur News

04/28/07     "Citizens hold protest against VX"

04/28/07     "Citizens to sue Army over VX"

Pueblo Chieftain

04/28/07     "Groups want hydrolysate shipments stopped"

Beaumont Enterprise

04/28/07     "Groups want to halt VX wastewater"

Richmond Register

04/28/07     "Berea CWWG is plaintiff in federal lawsuit"

Viet Nam News Service

04/28/07     "Groups ready for upcoming day for chemical war victims"

Itar-Tass News Agency

04/30/07     "Convention for Chemical Arms Prohibition marks 10th jubilee"

The Hindu

04/30/07     "Chemical weapons should be destroyed: Ban"


Links posted April 25, 2007

Salt Lake Tribune

04/25/07     "Oregon mustard stockpile ordered safely destroyed"

KFDM-TV News 6

04/24/07     "Port Arthur City Council Criticism of Veolia Ends With Applause"

Port Arthur News

04/24/07     "Veolia talks to PA council"

Beaumont Enterprise

04/25/07     "Colonel in charge of inactivated nerve agent disposal says city should have been told"

Defense Environment Alert

04/17/07     "Citizens Eye Legal Options to Halt Army's Nerve-Agent Waste Shipments"

04/17/07     "Environmentalists Say Criminal Investigation Could Speed Chem-Demil"


Links posted April 24, 2007

Beaumont Enterprise

04/24/07     "Veolia open house doesn't derail protest planning"

04/24/07     "Port Arthur Council to weigh in on nerve gas incineration"

Port Arthur News

04/23/07     "Veolia opens doors to concerned citizens"

Earth Times

04/24/07     "Germany hosts 10-year anniversary of Chemical Weapons Convention"

Islamic Republic News Agency

04/24/07     "World celebrating 10th anniversary of chemical arms ban as real threats still exist"


Links posted April 23, 2007

Beaumont Enterprise

04/23/07     "Public events on VX waste disposal set for today"

Associated Press

04/23/07     "Company works to allay fears about nerve gas waste disposal"

04/20/07     "ADEM cites incinerator for 12 violations of permit, agency rules

Rachel's Democracy & Health News

04/19/07     "Op-Ed: U.S. Army Caught Stealing from Indiana/U.S. Citizens"

04/19/07     "Oregon Incinerator May Not Be Allowed to Burn Mustard Warfare Agent"

Hermiston Herald

04/20/07     "Judge asks Army for re-evaluation"

Richmond Register

04/20/07    "Weapons disposal discussion heats up public forum"

Itar-Tass News Agency

04/20/07     "Russia disposes 8,456 tonnes or 20% of chemical weapons 9 days ahead of plan


Links posted April 20, 2007

Anniston Star

04/20/07     "Incinerator operator faces possible fines for citations"

Port Arthur News

04/19/07     "Citizens plan protest of VX gas shipments"

Pueblo Chieftain

04/20/07     "Army begins to move nerve gas"

Tri-City Herald

04/19/07     "Oregon Judge tells state to re-examine mustard agent plans"


Links posted April 19, 2007

Associated Press

04/18/07     "Judge orders new review of Ore. mustard gas incinerator"

All Headline News

04/19/07     "Judge Delays Chemical Weapon Disposal"


Links posted April 18, 2007

The Oregonian

04/18/07     "Judge orders review of weapons incineration"

Port Arthur News

04/17/07     "Veolia begins treatment of VX wastewater"

Associated Press

04/18/07     "VX waste arrives in Texas"

China Daily

04/18/07     "8 Japanese bombs found buried in Chinese home"


Links posted April 17, 2007

Port Arthur News

04/16/07     "Kelley fights arrival of VX wastewater"

Beaumont Enterprise

04/17/07     "Port Arthur expects shipment of VX nerve agent"

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

04/17/07     "Vermillion residents upset VX headed out"

Associated Press

04/17/07     "1st loads of nerve agent waste arrive in Texas for incineration"

KBTV 4 News

04/17/07     "News Alert: KBTV Crew At Port Arthur Facility When Nerve Gas Wastewater Arrives"

04/12/07     "Southeast Texans Concerned About Wastewater From Neutralized Nerve Gas Nearing"


Links posted April 16, 2007

WISH-TV 8

04/16/07     "Army Moving Chemical Weapons By-Product from Indiana to Texas"

Pueblo Chieftain

04/16/07     "Army set to transport nerve agent to Texas"


Links posted April 13, 2007

Beaumont Enterprise

04/13/07     "Critics aim to ward off toxic waste shipments"

Associated Press

04/12/07     "Activist: Army 'surreptitiously' reached VX deal"

KBTV 4 News

04/12/07     "Group Tries To Stop Leftovers From Nerve Gas Heading to SETX"

04/12/07     "Nerve Gas To Be Incinerated In Port Arthur"


Links posted April 12, 2007

Port Arthur News

04/11/07     "VX wastewater heads to PA"

04/11/07     "VX Related: History of nerve agent"

Cape May County Herald

04/12/07     "Army to transport VX waste to Texas"

The Hindu

04/12/07     "US, Russia agree to finish nerve gas destruction facility"


Links posted April 11, 2007

Associated Press

04/11/07     "Army contracts with French firm to incinerate nerve agent waste"

The above AP story and variations appeared in dozens of media outlets across the nation.


Links posted April 10, 2007

Chemical & Engineering News

04/10/07     "Texas Firm Will Treat Neutralized Nerve Agent"


Links posted April 9, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain

04/07/07     "Army weapons depot subject of probe"

The Asahi Shimbun

04/09/07     "Mobile disposal facility planned to deactivate abandoned chemical weapons in China"

China Daily

04/09/07     "Japanese WWII bombs found in northeast China"

The Register

04/09/07     Comment "Chemical weapons are not WMDs"


Links posted April 6, 2007

Anniston Star

04/06/07     Opinion "A whistle-blower at Blue Grass"


Links posted April 5, 2007

Arms Control Today

04/07     "The Chemical Weapons Convention at 10: An Interview With OPCW Director-General Rogelio Pfirter"


Links posted April 4, 2007

Richmond Register

04/04/07     "'Whistle blower'"

Der Spiegel

04/04/07     "A Rusting Timebomb in the Baltic"

The Guardian

04/04/07     Comment "The Legacy of Fallujah"

Center for American Progress

04/02/07     "Toxic Trains and the Terrorist Threat"


Links posted April 3, 2007

Richmond Register

04/03/07     "Safety worries started with whistle blower"

04/03/07     "Depot official says criminal probe is 'legal maneuvering'"

04/03/07     "Local leaders surprised to learn of criminal investigation"

04/03/07     "A closer look at the depot"

Chemical & Engineering News

04/02/07     "A Decade Of Chemical Disarmament"

The Scotsman

04/03/07     "Dumped German wartime munitions are a 'timebomb in the Baltic'"


Links posted April 2, 2007

Lexington Herald-Leader

03/31/07     "Weapons depot target of inquiry"

The above story was picked up by the Associated Press and McClatchy Newspapers and so appeared in various media outlets across the state and country.
Pueblo Chieftain

04/01/07     "Opportunity knocks"