Operation Safe Removal: Spring Valley, Washington, DC, Fact Sheets on IdentifiedWorld War I Chemical Agents

摘要

In early 1993, World War I era, chemical munitions were found buried at aconstruction site in the Spring Valley area of Washington, DC. This site was previously the American University Campus rented by the Chemical Warfare Service Research Center. Pursuant to the safe removal of the chemical munitions and their identification, concise fact sheets were prepared on the chemical contents. This report is a compilation of the fact sheets, a bibliography of the source material reviewed, and a copy of a two page chart from the text by Waitt (1942). A Fact Sheet on CS is also included in this report. Adamsite, Mustard gas, Chloracetophenone, Phosgene, Spring Valley, Operation safe removal, Chlorine, Lewisite (L; M-1), Ortho-chlorobenzalmalononitrite.