Wednesday, April 12, 2006

2 Treated After Exposure To Chemicals At Lab

Washington Post
April 12, 2006
Pg. B5

Two employees of an Army research laboratory were taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore yesterday after a brief power outage exposed them to small amounts of VX and mustard agent, Aberdeen Proving Ground officials said.

Fifteen people at the Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense were monitored for possible exposure, and two later asked to be treated at the hospital, saidproving ground spokesman George Mercer.

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