DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE ASSESSING RISK OF OLD

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VANCOUVER (CP) - Mustard gas and phosgene, two of mankind's nastiest chemical warfare

agents, were dumped off the west coast of Vancouver Island after the Second World War, says an

environmental engineer assessing the current risk. The West Coast dump site, as well as two

others off the East Coast, are being examined under the country's Warfare Agent Disposal Project,

said Judith Bennett, an environmental engineer for the Department of National Defence.