U.S. Army Destroys 1,000 Chemical Agent ID Sets

The U.S. Army as of last month had destroyed 1,000 Chemical Agent Identification Sets stored at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas (see GSN, Aug. 11).

More than 170,000 sets were produced between 1928 and 1969, each with glass containers holding small amounts of mustard agent and lewisite. They were used to train the public and military on how to identify and handle chemical agents, according to an Army Chemical Materials Agency press release.

The Army has been destroying the sets since 1979. Another 4,000 items await disposal at Pine Bluff using a mobile system that neutralizes the chemical agent, the release states (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, Nov. 30).

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