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SPECIAL REPORT, PART 1: The Deadliness Below Weapons of mass destruction thrown into the sea years ago present danger now - and the Army doesn't know where they all are. In the summer of 2004, a clam-dredging operation off New Jersey pulled up an old artillery shell.
These are the chemicals of warfare Here are some of the chemical weapons that the Army dumped into the sea. The artillery rounds and steel containers that they're in are likely to be corroding and unstable.
W atermen and environmentalists are fearful and demand answers. Lurking off Virginia are tens of thousands of mustard gas shells and hund reds of tons of radioactive waste in at least five ocean dump zones crea ted by the Army decades ago.
Of Clamshells, Artillery Shells Mustard gas ordnance dredged from the sea was found in a driveway in the summer of 2004. Homeowners have been finding military ordnance in their clamshell drivewa ys in Delaware and Maryland for the last year.
SPECIAL REPORT, PART 2: The Deadliness Below Overseas, fishermen have been hurt by chemical weapons the United States secretly sank, from the Riviera to Australia. As World War II drew to a close, the Army was faced with scant storage sp ace in ordnance depots at home and huge chemical weapons stockpiles over seas.
Why the US Halted Dumping Scheduled sea drops were scuttled when Congress caught wind - and perhaps saved New York City. The Army's ocean dumping of chemical weapons ended abruptly when Congress learned what had been going on and halted an operation that could have sent a cloud of deadly nerve gas over New York City.
Weapons Not Heavily Documented' In the ongoing search for dumpsites, the Army is plagued by missing recor ds and fading memories. The Army has searched for years, but it can't find a load of deadly white -phosphorus landmines supposedly dumped in the Chesapeake Bay.
Navy conventional weapons dumping: Unsafe dumping The Navy disposed of surplus rockets, bombs and other explosives at sea b y blowing up ships packed with the old weapons. A beachgoer in Rehoboth Beach walked up to a lifeguard in July with two s trange objects in his hand and a stranger request on his lips.
The recent Daily Press series "Special report: The deadliness below" did not emphasize that to day the US Army is eliminating this arsenal in safe and environmentall y responsible ways.
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