Leak Investigation Stops Sarin Disposal at Umatilla

Investigators with the Oregon Environmental Quality Department are trying to determine how sarin nerve agent leaked into a corridor at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, exposing two workers, The Oregonian reported today (see GSN, May 10).

The cause of the leak has yet to be determined. Investigators have sealed off the contaminated area until the investigation is complete, and sarin disposal has stopped.

The two workers were not sickened, according to a U.S. Army spokeswoman Mary Binder.

Binder said destruction of rockets containing sarin could resume by the end of the week (Joe Rojas-Burke, The Oregonian, May 12).

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