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| CDC Backs Army Plan To Destroy Nerve Agent | |
| 2006-07-29 | |
| The Army's plan to destroy deadly VX nerve agent in Indiana and truck the byproduct to New Jersey for treatment and disposal adequately addresses public health concerns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday. The CDC said the plan is "sufficient to address critical issues" such as potential human poisoning and transportation and treatment of the neutralized VX byproduct. The report said the Environmental Protection Agency found that the plan addressed ecological concerns. Still, New Jersey Reps. Robert E. Andrews (D) and Frank LoBiondo (R), who oppose the plan, said the CDC report did not definitively say it was sound.
Col. Jesse L. Barber, project manager for the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency's Chemical Stockpile Elimination Project, praised the report. "We will continue to destroy the nation's chemical stockpile in a manner that is safe to the American public and will not adversely impact the environment," Barber said. The plan is on hold until the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, finishes a study of the entire operation. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #14 The US has been destroying Sarin, VX, and mustard gas for a decade at the Pueblo Army Depot, north of Pueblo, CO. As far as I know, no one has ever died from it. Chemical weapons were also stored at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver since the Second World War, without killing anyone. A couple of congresscritters are just playing NIMBY, possibly for large "accommodations" to be named later. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-07-29 23:18 |
| #13 Thanks for the BZ/VX links! :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-29 17:50 |
| #12 You've become them. Well, what you might mean to say is that we are both willing to use similar means to achieve our ends. Supposing this were so, which it isn't yet and hopefully will never have to be, the difference between the two cases is in the ends. Whose world would you prefer to live in, assuming you were dropped into it at random. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-29 17:45 |
| #11 Aw heck, I mean Tooele, Utah. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-29 14:37 |
| #10 BZ definition As to VZ - typo - VX is what I meant. BZ is not bug-spray rather something so 60's. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-07-29 13:07 |
| #9 I'm missing something here. To my knowledge, the US spent a bloody fortune on the Toole, Nevada destruction site, that incinerates chemical weapons and filters the air so thoroughly that it is cleaner than fresh air. So what the heck are they doing in Indiana? And the transshipment excuse doesn't fly, because we have chemical munitions crossing the country at intervals with no problem. I really missed that staff meeting. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-29 10:15 |
| #8 You've become them. According to MSM and the talking heads who seem to be the only ones to get public coverage, we've been worse than them since the beginning. You know after a while, who gives a S**t. If there's nothing we do that doesn't provoke them anyway, there's no reason to hold back. LetÂ’s follow the Democratic Party strategy - anything is legitimate as long as it leads to power. |
| Posted by: Clunter Ebboluling2735 2006-07-29 09:33 |
| #7 Global Security has a good entry-level background article here. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-07-29 07:55 |
| #6 You've become them. |
| Posted by: Austin 2006-07-29 06:30 |
| #5 What are BZ ad VZ? Nerve agents? Is there a link that describes what they are and their effects and use? If I remember right, I once heard VX described as "bug spray for humans". Scary! |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-29 02:40 |
| #4 I think BZ would be more effective and hard to pin anything on the user. VZ leaves bodies. BZ's Zombies are so much more work for the support staff. A win win scenario. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-07-29 02:23 |
| #3 I agree with #'s 1 & 2. Don't get rid of it now. We need it. This should be dispersed over Wazoo territory in liberal amounts ASAP. And fer-godsakes, if we have any napalm squirreled away somewhere, save it. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-07-29 01:42 |
| #2 Hold on to them. There will be a need to dispose of them over Iran. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-29 01:08 |
| #1 There is a very simple environmentally-friendly way to get rid of the stuff. There are a bunch of madrassas and mosques that store all kinds of nasty stuff. Just air drop it on them and they will know what to do. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-29 00:51 |