Thursday, June 4, 2009

Another sarin leak in Kentucky

The Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky is near a major population center. If there is a chemical weapons leak there, it has the potential to be one of the deadliest disasters in America's history.

The government promised to destroy chemical weapons stored there years ago. But every few years, they always delay this project - putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk.

There were 2 leaks at this facility last week - adding to countless others in recent years. One of them was deadly mustard gas. The other was far deadlier sarin - one of the most dangerous nerve agents ever developed.

And the government had put all this poison right here in Kentucky.

Why did Republicans ever win Kentucky after something like this?

The more urgent question is: When is this danger going to be cleaned up, as was promised years ago?

(Source: http://www.kypost.com/content/news/commonwealth/story/Chemical-Weapons-Site-Reports-Two-Minor-Leaks/TyVPjdDDxkeTKbpHYUJ55g.cspx;
http://www.kypost.com/content/news/commonwealth/story/Army-Source-Of-Gas-Leak-Contained/rmXvOB_YH06YLVFS4HzShg.cspx)

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