Dangerous Chemicals Buried in D.C.
The 13,000 residents of Spring Valley, an exclusive neighborhood in Washington, D.C. where homes are valued at up to one million dollars, have discovered that there are lethal World War I era chemicals buried underneath them.
From 1917 to 1919, 48 poisonous gases, including nerve gas and mustard gas, were tested in the area. The chemical weapons, along with old mortar shells, were first discovered in 1993.
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