Sarin Leaks Detected at Alabama Chemical Bunker

No one was harmed when a small amount of sarin nerve agent seeped out of a weapons bunker at the U.S. Army’s chemical weapons depot in Anniston, Ala., the Washington Times reported today (see GSN, Feb. 13).

The leak was discovered Tuesday during routine inspections of the airtight weapons storage bunker.

A spokeswoman at Anniston Chemical Activity, the organization which oversees weapons storage at the facility, said the sarin did not escape the area and that the trace amount was not enough to harm anyone (Washington Times, March 4).

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