Word: toxication
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iranian troops driving deep into the Huwaiza marshes in western Iraq two weeks ago were equipped with gas masks; Western observers of the aftermath of the struggle reported that none of the dead were wearing the masks. Nor did they show signs of having been exposed to toxic agents. While denying that chemical weapons were brought to bear against the invaders, however, Major General Sultan Hashem Ahmed, an Iraqi sector commander, said, "If we had gas, we would have used...
Union Carbide's investigation in Bhopal focused on a partially buried tank holding more than 10,000 gal. of methyl isocyanate (MIC), a highly toxic chemical used in the manufacture of Sevin, Temik and other pesticides. The sealed tank was designed to keep the deadly MIC refrigerated and isolated from the environment. But on the night of Dec. 2, a series of runaway chemical reactions heated the interior of the tank to 400 degreesF, causing an escape valve to burst open and release a lethal cloud of vapor over the slums of Bhopal...
...broken down more than five months earlier and never been repaired. A temperature alarm, which would have alerted workers to the trouble, had not been properly set. A flare tower that could have destroyed some of the escaping gas was out of commission. And a "scrubber," designed to neutralize toxic vapors, was not turned on until after the reaction had raced out of control...
...took Union Carbide two days before realizing that it was responsible for last week's accident in West Virginia. With ADL's recent record, how long would it take the company to inform the proper authorities in the event of a spill of toxic substances...
...need for reasonable regulations regarding commercial and academic research on nerve gas will remain long after the ADL question is settled. In fact, these highly toxic substances are currently unregulated by any local, state, or federal public safety statutes except by Department of Defense standards. In the absence of reliable regulations, it is no wonder that Cambridge residents are wary about ADL's nerve gas testing. ADL's should need public sentiment which indicates that nerve gas is not something Cambridge wants next door...