Army Admits Nerve Gas Leak Detectors in Kentucky Did Not Work for Two Years – AllGov News
Proper storage of deadly nerve gas agents at military facilities requires the use of monitoring devices to ensure the protection of base personnel and local communities from possible leaks. But the operators of the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky allowed such leak detectors to be removed from underground igloos…

Umatilla Reports Mustard Agent Leak – Global Security Newswire
Workers as the U.S. Army’s Umatilla Chemical Depot in Oregon on Tuesday detected a mustard agent leak in a storage unit…

Rotary Club gets the facts about Pine Bluff Arsenal – Bill Shrum – The Stuttgart Daily Leader
Cheryl Avery, a Stuttgart resident and public affairs officer, Regina Smith, community outreach chemical disposal administrator and Raini Brunson, public affairs officer for the Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility were guests of the Stuttgart Rotary Club of the Stuttgart Country Club at noon Tuesday…

NKorea ‘Tests Weapons on Children’ – Steve Chao – Al Jazeera or Military.com
But among the accounts they carried with them is one of the most shocking yet to emerge – namely the use of humans, specifically mentally or physically handicapped children, to test North Korea’s biological and chemical weapons…

Continued Commitment Needed on U.S. Chemical Disarmament, OPCW Chief Says – Chris Schneidmiller – Global Security Newswire
A leading international nonproliferation official is urging the United States not to retreat from providing sufficient funds to accelerate the complete elimination of the U.S. stockpile of chemical weapons…

Advocacy Group Calls for Leadership Shifts at Blue Grass Depot – Global Security Newswire
An advocacy group hopes to see senior officials ousted at a U.S. Army chemical weapons storage facility in Kentucky following an improper relocation of equipment used for detecting potentially dangerous leaks of VX nerve agent…

Chemical Weapons in Baltic Sea Remain a Threat, Lithuania Says – Global Security Newswire
Lithuania on Monday called for continued attention to the danger posed by chemical weapons dumped decades ago in the Baltic Sea…

N.O.A.A Studies Ocean Currents off West Oahu – Brooks Baehr – KGMB9 News
A study of ocean currents at two munitions disposal sites off the West coast of Oahu is about to begin. The studies are being done so scientists know where the currents go in case the discarded weapons release contaminants into the water…

Army: Agent monitoring system was inoperative – Ronica Shannon – The Richmond Register
Chemical weapons stockpiled at the Blue Grass Army Depot went two years without being monitored, according to a report released Monday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)…

Faulty monitoring cited at Ky. weapons depot – Jeff McMurray – The Associated Press, Kentucky.com
An Army inspector general’s report concludes that a Kentucky chemical weapons stockpile was inadequately monitored for a deadly nerve agent for two years, although the report found no evidence that any workers were exposed or that any agent escaped the storage igloos into the atmosphere…

Army Criticizes CW Oversight Practice at Blue Grass Depot – Global Security Newswire
The U.S. Army inspector general found that officials at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky for two years impaired monitoring of air quality in chemical weapons storage units…

Kentucky Chemical Weapons Leak Detectors Dysfunctional for Years – Environmental News Service
The U.S. Army has acknowleged that the nerve gas leak monitors at a Kentucky chemical weapons storage depot were not working for nearly two years, 2003-2005. The admission is contained in a U.S. Army Inspector General report dated February 2006 but released today…

Depot gives county court update on weapons disposal – Erin Mills – The East Oregonian
The Umatilla Chemical Depot’s disposal of the last of its chemical weapons is moving swiftly, despite a few setbacks involving leaks of mustard chemical agent vapor and mercury…

Umatilla Chemical Depot gets new commanding officer – Josh Peterson – KVEW ABC News
Lieutenant Colonel Kris Perkins has held nearly a dozen positions during his military career. He’s worked in Texas, Alabama, California, Louisiana and Korea. Now, he and his wife and three kids are in eastern Oregon…

Umatilla Chemical Depot Under New Command – KNDO/KNDU NBC News
The Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot is under new leadership. His name is Lt. Col. Kris Perkins…

Eye Drops Could Counter Chemical-Weapon Effects – Global Security Newswire
Eye drops being developed in the United States could someday be used to protect soldiers from blindness if they are exposed to mustard blister agent, Wayne State University in Detroit announced last week…

Poisoned legacy: The Hiroshima of the chemical industry is still claiming victims – babies born 25 years later with serious birth defects – By Billy Briggs – The Scotland Sunday Herald
Unable to steer safely in the mud, the driver of our rickshaw pulls into the side of the road to allow us to take shelter from torrential rain. There, under a shop’s awning, a small crowd of people are standing together waiting for the weather to break…

Army Finds World War I-Era Chemical Weapon in Hawaii – Global Security Newswire
Personnel at a U.S. Army installation in Hawaii last month found a nearly century-old mortar that is believed to contain the chemical warfare material phosgene…

WWI-era mortar shell found at Schofield range – By William Cole – The Honolulu Advertiser
A World War I-era mortar shell that likely contains phosgene, a choking agent, was found June 27 on a firing range impact area at Schofield Barracks, the Army said yesterday…

World War I chemical gas agent found at Schofield – Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Schofield Barracks workers have found another World War I era canister on a remote training range that contained a choking gas agent…

Senators Increase Funding for Chemical Weapons Disposal – Global Security Newswire
A U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday tacked on $5 million to what stands to be the largest-ever appropriation for the preparation of chemical weapons disposal facilities at two U.S. storage sites…

McConnell proposes more depot funding – By Ronica Shannon – The Richmond Register
An extra $5 million was added Tuesday to the chemical weapons destruction project at the Blue Grass Army Depot after the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee accepted a request from U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell…

Kennewick Engineering Firm Selected For Depot Land Planning – ABC KVEW News
The Umatilla Chemical Land Redevelopment Authority has selected Kennewick Engineering Firm, Dana Engineering, to draft a plan for the depot’s land once the incineration of chemical weapons there is complete…

Senate Panel Supports Pueblo CW Disposal Plant Funding – Global Security Newswire
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved legislation that would provide $92.5 million for construction of a chemical warfare materials demilitarization plant in Colorado…

Chemtrails: Mainstream denial and hazardous risk to your health – By Brooke Bulatek – Baltimore Examiner
Looking up in the sky, one might see an array of bizarre rows and columns of misty perspiration representing a tic-tac-toe or giant X regime. Whatever meets the naked eye in the sky can be mistaken for possible exhaust fuel from a jet…

Mustard Leak Found at Umatilla Chemical Depot – Global Security Newswire
Workers at a U.S. Army chemical weapons repository in Oregon yesterday detected a mustard agent vapor leak in one of the facility’s storage units…

Mustard chemical agent vapor detected at depot – Tri-City Herald
Trace amounts of mustard chemical agent vapor were detected inside a Umatilla Chemical Depot storage igloo Tuesday…

2 bills contain $9.9 million for Central Ky. projects – By Ashlee Clark – Lexington Herald-Leader
Two bills that will go to the U.S. Senate floor for consideration contain nearly $10 million in funding for two Central Kentucky projects, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday…

Chemical weapons cleanup – By Ned Stafford – Chemistry World
Researchers have found a safe, speedy and environmentally friendly way to clean up chemical weapons such as sulfur mustard, using a hydrogen peroxide-based microemulsion decontamination system…

Dutch Iran-Iraq war profiteer guilty of war crimes – Press TV
A Dutch businessman who sold chemicals for weapons production to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has pleaded guilty to war crime charges…

Mustard Munitions Processing Begins at ANCDF – U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency Press Release – PRNewswire
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) officials announced today that chemical munitions demilitarization operations resumed Thursday afternoon, July 2, at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (ANCDF). ANCDF is located at Anniston Army Depot, Ala…