Fishermen caught mustard gas off NY

[Dove]

Forty years later what they dumped is still active and can penetrate through protective clothing. I have to wonder if there is any place that has not been contaminated. I think it needs to be cleaned up ASAP. This is a horror. The world is a mess.

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Officials: Fishermen caught mustard gas off NY - Environment- msnbc.com

The military used the ocean as a dumping ground for munitions from after World War II through 1970. While the tons of old chemical weapons in offshore waters present a danger to fishermen, experts don't believe they are a possible source of weapons for terrorists.

The Defense Department began using the ocean as a dumping ground for chemical and conventional munitions after World War II. The military says it stopped in 1970, and two years later Congress banned waste disposal in oceans, including chemical weapons.

Officials say it's impossible to know exactly how much and what type of weapons have been dumped in the ocean because of incomplete records. A 2001 Army report found 74 past instances of ocean disposal — 32 off U.S. shores and 42 off foreign coasts. For example, in 1967 the Army dumped 4,577 one-ton containers of a mustard agent and 7,380 sarin rockets off the New Jersey shore, according to Army records.