Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: vision!simon@relay.EU.net (Simon Taylor) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Decontamination of CW agents Message-ID: <1990Aug30.025900.28806@cbnews.att.com> Date: 30 Aug 90 02:59:00 GMT References: <1990Aug21.025119.1778@cbnews.att.com> <1990Aug24.034223.947@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: VisionWare Ltd., Leeds, UK Lines: 45 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Simon Taylor In article <1990Aug24.034223.947@cbnews.att.com> cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold) writes: > > >From: cga66@ihlpy.att.com (Patrick V Kauffold) >> >> From: Will Martin >> One point I haven't seen mentioned in the subject discussion: I thought one >> of the primary decontamination techniques is to wash down and hose off the >> contaminated personnel, while still in their protective suits, and to so >> treat the vehicles before the unprotected inhabitants emerge. This takes >> lots of water, and is a good idea in the European theatre, where there are >> many lakes and streams and rivers close by. How is this going to be done >> in the desert? Does sandblasting take its place? I read in a recent copy of New Scientist that the US Army had large stocks of a chemical decontaminating solution called Decontamination Solution 2 (DS2), that is so dangerous, that it is never used in training, and in fact has never been used in any situation ! The article also questioned the use of this stuff on the basis that, it was so corrosive that the drums it is contained in leak after a few years storage, Also that expired stock was being used as weedkiller. Does anyone know anything more about DS2, what are its constituents, has any shipped out to the Gulf? Simon Taylor Support & Training Manager VisionWare Ltd UUCP : simon@vision.uucp 57 Cardigan Lane BANGNET : ...!uunet!mcsun!ukc!vision!simon Leeds PHONE : +44 532 788858 Ext. 228 LS4 2LE FAX : +44 532 304676 England ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- VisionWare: The Home Of DOS-UNIX Integration ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------