Scientists to Seek Smell at Umatilla

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency is sending scientists to Oregon to search for the source of an unidentified smell at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 22).

Four depot workers in two separate incidents in recent weeks reported suffering runny noses and watery eyes after coming into contact with an odd odor. The sites of the incidents were a mile apart, AP reported.

There has been no indication of a chemical agent release and all four employees tested negative for exposure to the blister and nerve agents contained in weapons at the depot.

Scientists next week are set to search the facility in search of the smell’s origin (Associated Press/Corvallis Gazette-Times, Nov. 11).

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