Re: Tear Gas in Safes Vaults.. Urban Legend or ???
Hmm, Chloropicrin, time to get the hazmat books out and look it up (or google it)
From www.ozarksfirst.com
BENTON, Ar. - An Arkansas man found a relic from the WWI era while cleaning out an old building.
Two vials contained the chemical agent chloropicrin. The chemical can cause vomiting and tears.
The man found it on the back door of a safe, which was apparently a common practice to deter thieves years ago.
"We've encountered some strange things over the years," said Lt. Kevin Russell, spokesperson for the Benton Police Department. "He could have very easily been harmed by that agent that was in there."
Police were able to bring in the Pulaski County Office of Emergency Management that used a laser to analyze the liquid, identifying it as the WWI chemical weapon.
Police say the man did the right thing by calling it in.
Strange comes in the job description of an officer; things like live mortars and hand grenades. Police say this discovery is one of the strangest things even they've encountered.