Chemical weapons found in Washington, DC

Instapundit regulars will undoubtedly have spotted this story already: live WW1-era chemical weapons found buried under the Spring Valley neighborhood of Washington, DC -- the location of

approximately 1,200 houses valued at between $600,000 and $1 million, along with the campus of American University, schools, churches, a hospital, foreign embassies, and a theological seminary. . .

During World War I, much of what later became the Spring Valley neighborhood was devoted to the development and testing of chemical weapons, a fact that was largely forgotten during its subsequent residential development.

Read the rest here;the Instapundit post is here, and includes other links and commentary.

ADDENDUM: A similar story from China, where leaking chemical weapon canisters buried by the Japanese army during WW2 sent a number of people to the hospital.

Posted by David on August 12, 2003 9:42 AM