Tooele Workers Cleared of VX Exposure

Further testing has determined that eight workers at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Utah were not exposed to chemical weapons agents earlier this month, Deseret Chemical Depot officials said yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 3).

The workers were tested for exposure to VX nerve agent after a contaminated breathing air supply line used by workers was discovered, according to the Associated Press. Workers were allowed to go into the toxic areas of the facility beginning yesterday, and destruction operations could resume this weekend, AP reported (Associated Press, Nov. 11).

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