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Belgium: Authorities Find Letters Containing Nerve Gas Component Officials have discovered 10 letters containing a nerve gas component sent to a number of targets in Belgium, including the U.S. and British Embassies in Brussels, the Belgian federal prosecutor said yesterday. The letters contained phenarsazine chloride, which is used in nerve gas, and hydrazine, used in rocket propellant, the Belgian Health Ministry said, adding that both chemicals are also found in pesticides. The letters only contained small amounts of the chemicals, but two postal workers were hospitalized after being exposed to the letters, which were found at postal facilities, according to Reuters. Belgian police believe the letters all came from a single source within the country, said Lieve Pellens, spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor’s office (Reuters/Washington Post, June 5).
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