Number: 011/2/95
Title: Study of Chemical
Problems Associated with Old Arsenical and Old "Mustard" Munitions
Coordinator(s): J.F.
Bunnett and M.
Mikolajczyk
Completion Date: 1998
- project completed
Objective:
Especially in World War I, arsenical chemical munitions (containing
Lewisite, Adamsite, Clark 1 or Clark 2) were used. Some munitions
fired in battle penetrated the ground without exploding. Munitions
on old military bases sometimes became shallowly buried, on purpose
or by negligence. Although some of them leaked into the soil, many
are recovered in our time and must be destroyed. There is however
a dearth of information to guide the safe destruction of them. This
is a problem for many countries in Europe. Profs. Bunnett and Mikolajczyk
will co-chair a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) considerably
devoted to dealing with arsenical munitions. It will be held in
Lodz, Poland: March 17-19, 1996
Progress:
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Chemical Problems
Associated with Old Arsenical and 'Mustard' Munitions are published
by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Project completed
Last update: 2 August
2001
