Another WW-I Chemical Site In Washington, DC 249
WrongSizeGlass writes "The AP is reporting that the US Army Corps of Engineers has uncovered what appears to be the fourth major disposal area for World War I-era munitions and chemical weapons in the nation's capital. Digging was suspended at a construction site after 'workers pulled smoking glassware from the pit — preliminary tests show the glassware was contaminated with the toxic chemical arsenic trichloride. ... Workers also discovered a jar about three-quarters full of a dark liquid that turned out to be the chemical agent mustard.' Someone needs to remind our government of the meaning of NIMBY."
Somethings come back - always (Score:1, Funny)
LOL not sure if I am sad about this or happy! This is the stuff we used to destroy god knows whom... and like Agent Orange - it is now coming back to haunt us! Almost like the taliban we created...!
Saddam's WMDs Found! (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe they're really Saddam's WMDs that Bush and Cheney were searching for all those years! Those sneaky Iraqis!
Re:I've got a genius idea, too (Score:5, Funny)
I know (Score:3, Funny)
Someone needs to remind our government of the meaning of NIMBY.
I know, that's what I've always said. I've always said we should have buried that stuff in Germany. Or at least England.
Re:Explanation (Score:3, Funny)
Sadly, it's not toxic enough.
Re:mustard is a chemical agent? (Score:2, Funny)
There is quite a difference between http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_(condiment) [wikipedia.org] and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_mustard [wikipedia.org] (or mustard gas).
Well, technically, mustard the condiment is a chemical agent, in that it has chemicals and it isn't completely inert. But it's only been used as a weapon in food fights, as far as I'm aware.
Re:I've got a genius idea, too (Score:3, Funny)
Re:mustard is a chemical agent? (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe not that big of a difference...remember, it's related to WW1, there were Germans involved.
PS. They were the evil ones.
They were simply misunderstood.
Re:mustard is a chemical agent? (Score:5, Funny)
> Someone needs to remind our government of the meaning of NIMBY.
Yeah, all this crap was supposed to be buried in New Jersey.
Re:Saddam's WMDs Found! (Score:2, Funny)
Who allowed internet access from the Crawford Ranch again? You know how G gets when he's drinking.
Re:I've got a genius idea (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I know (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you, but we have quite enough of your toxic crap already:
www.mcdonalds.co.uk
www.kfc.co.uk
etc.
Re:I know (Score:4, Funny)
In other news ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:mustard is a chemical agent? (Score:5, Funny)
There is quite a difference between http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_(condiment) [wikipedia.org] and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_mustard [wikipedia.org] (or mustard gas).
Well, technically, mustard the condiment is a chemical agent, in that it has chemicals and it isn't completely inert. But it's only been used as a weapon in food fights, as far as I'm aware.
The condiment - especially the spicy brown type - causes my uncle Milt to generate some mighty potent mustard gas...
Re:NIMBY? (Score:5, Funny)
Also, I was surprised to see the article actually did refer to "smoking glassware", I had assumed that was an alarmist mis-interpretation of "smoked glass",
I thought that it meant that they found some bongs and/or crack pipes.
Re: No Jahid Needed (Score:3, Funny)
Jahid? Is that when Jamaicans storm the country and distribute weed everywhere?