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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sun Aug 11, 2013, 01:51 PM Aug 2013

JFK customs agents sickened after opening package

Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Two postal inspectors at JFK Airport were sickened Sunday after opening a package at a postal processing facility.

Field tests showed an initial finding of nerve gas, though authorities believe it's a low likelihood that it's actually nerve gas.

It is more likely a standard-use chemical that shouldn't have been in the mail like a solvent or degreaser.

The FBI was called in and additional testing is underway.

Read more at http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9202626