Army to begin destroying US nerve gas - then truck the caustic mix

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across several states, from the western border of Indiana to New Jersey, to be processed further before dumping the (questionable) wastewater into my homestate's Delaware River!

"VX is a liquid with the consistency of mineral oil that can kill a healthy adult male with a single pinpoint droplet."

Here are many informative articles on what's supposed to happen:

Army to Begin Destroying Nerve Agent
"...expects the 1,269 tons of VX to be destroyed in 2 1/2 years"

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-brf-nerve-agent-delay,0,7983191.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

NOTE: I live in Delaware and haven't read anything that says this is safe yet! See articles below:


Here are flash graphics and details of the plan in Delaware newspaper

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/04/VXFlash.html


And here are two recent articles in a long series of articles, all of which can be found on this site:


Tests find VX even after 'neutralization'

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/08/25testsfindvxeven.html

DuPont says it can improve VX treatment

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/11/12dupontsaysitcan.html

[cyberpj]

1. As ET Awful mentioned -

"Hmmm, isn't that about twice as much as Bush lied about Saddam having?"


Yes.

And yet no one attacked us for having it.