Pine Bluff Chemical ID Sets Eliminated

The U.S. Army has completed elimination of more than 5,300 Chemical Agent Identification Sets stored at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, Dec. 2, 2005).

The work was finished a year ahead of schedule and under budget, the Army said in a press release.

Between 1928 and 1969, the Army produced and distributed more than 170,000 kits, 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 (Associated Press/KATV.com, Nov. 30).

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