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To: KLP who wrote (171343)	6/27/2006 8:58:10 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793842

Still don't see why people can't see that chemicals aren't (sic) still dangerous even after 20+ years....Check out Hanford WA for instance. There is a difference between an environmental pollutant and a weapon. It's hard for me to see why people can't see that. Maybe we should have made Iraq a Superfund site rather than a war zone...

To: KLP who wrote (171343)	6/27/2006 2:07:37 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793842

Don't know how dangerous the Sarin found in Iraq is, but it isn't as potent as it once was. Even though no one seems willing or able to admit it, I think the discussion was more about gotcha's than anything else. Which we know, of course, is the MO of allot of political junkies. Shelf life Sarin has a relatively short shelf life, and will degrade after a period of several weeks to several months. The shelf life may be greatly shortened by impurities in precursor materials. According to the CIA [1], in 1989 the Iraqis destroyed 40 or more tons of sarin that had decomposed, and that some Iraqi sarin had a shelf life of only a few weeks owing mostly to impure precursors. Like other nerve agents, Sarin can be chemically deactivated with a strong alkali. Typically an 18 percent aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide is used to destroy Sarin. en.wikipedia.org