Pueblo Chemical Depot Workers Detect Leak

A mustard agent leak was detected Monday during routine monitoring at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, July 2).

Workers found the leak in a storage structure around 4 p.m., officials said, adding that no agent vapor was detected the next day after workers placed a charcoal filter unit on the structure’s back vent on Monday.

Officials said the community was not at risk from the leak (Associated Press, Aug. 3).

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