[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, CHEMWEAPONS: "WWI munitions cleanup on hold, Army to check under AU president’s home," DC

[Lenny Siegel]

WWI munitions cleanup on hold, Army to check under AU president’s home

By Neal Augenstein 
WTOP (Washington, DC)
November 28, 2017 

WASHINGTON - The cleanup of a World War I chemical weapons testing site is on hold for the foreseeable future, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares to drill holes in the basement of the American University president’s official residence, looking for evidence of discarded munitions.

More than five years after the house at 4825 Glenbrook Rd. NW, was removed, and as the cleanup of toxic munitions neared completion, the Army Corps will soon bore approximately 15 2-inch holes through the basement foundation, and in the yard and back patio of 4835 Glenbrook Rd.

As previously reported by WTOP, on Aug. 9, workers who were digging by hand experienced eye irritation, diarrhea, and vomiting - symptoms associated with proximity to low levels of chemical agents. The workers were briefly hospitalized, but released the same day.

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For the entire article, see
https://wtop.com/local/2017/11/wwi-munitions-cleanup-hold-army-check-au-presidents-home/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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