And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Salt Lake City Tribune >DECEMBER 24, 02:59 EST >Army Downplays Sarin Spill in Utah > > > >TOOELE, Utah (AP) � Army officials downplayed the threat posed by the >spill of 140 gallons of the deadly nerve agent Sarin at the first >chemical weapons incinerator in the continental United States. > >The spill was the largest reported to date at the incinerator. > >``The one thing I want everyone to understand is that it was captured. >All safety systems worked,'' said Tim Thomas, project manager for the >Tooele Chemical Disposal Facility. ``There was absolutely no risk to the >workers or the public.'' > >The spill happened Sunday afternoon as the liquid was being poured into >the incineration chamber. It wound up in a containment sump designed for >just such an accident, said plant spokesman Jon Pettebone. > >A news release said inspectors suspect the spill was caused by the >failure of a filter designed to screen out small particles from the >furnace. > >Leaking chemical munitions at the Deseret Chemical Depot, formerly known >as the Tooele Army Depot, are nothing new. > >There are more than 27 million pounds of nerve and blister agent stored >in earthen and concrete bunkers sprinkled throughout the depot, located >on a vast reservation 50 miles west of Salt Lake. The stockpile >represents nearly 42 percent of the country's chemical arsenal. > >Most of the weapons are relics of the Cold War and many date to World >War II. Many of them are leaking. > >The depot, operated by EG&G Defense Materials Inc. for the Army, >routinely reports small leaks detected inside sealed containers which >hold the shells, rockets and one-ton bulk containers. > >The giant $600 million incinerator designed to destroy the weapons was >fired up for tests in 1996 and earlier this year was given the go-ahead >by state regulators to use its full capacity by early 2000. <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
