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Chemical Weapons Suspected on Oahu Army Base
Nearly 150 possible chemical munitions have been found at the Schofield Barracks on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, KHON2 News reported yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 31, 2005). Witnesses and disposal experts said the rounds and mortars contain phosgene, mustard agent and the tear gas chloropicrin. Up to 70 private contract workers have been clearing land at Range 5 of the base since 2004. One employee’s eyes were reportedly burned while examining a projectile. “I think the Army should have taken out an entire list of everything that was recovered, and all the health problems associated with each one of those items, for every single person who has worked on that site,” said a worker exposed to the weapons. The Army has denied such requests while an investigation is under way of what it calls “suspect” rounds. In December, commanding Gen. Benjamin Mixon said he was unaware of any chemical weapons on the base. “We’re doing some cleaning in the impact area now of basic ordnance,” Mixon said. “It’s a basic part of the process for improving for Stryker [Brigade], and we haven’t found anything to date that concerns us” (Gina Mangieri, KHON2 News, Feb. 2).
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