I live less than 20 feet from a set of active B&P railroad tracks. As i was leaving the house yesterday, some tanker cars were rolling by and i looked at them. One of them was sandwiched between what looked like cars carrying tar, but instead it had a DOT placard with a skull and crossbones and the number 2810 on it. I ran in the house to look it up, and everything i have seen says that is mustard gas. Why would they be shipping mustard gas between pittsburgh and buffalo? from everything i have read it is supposed to be banned from its only use, Chemical Warfare. everywhere i looked has that listed as its only use! Is there some kind of government storage facility around here? thanks for any answers...
2007-12-02 04:26:29 · 5 answers · asked by Gustard 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Maybe there is a plant where they destroy it at the end of the trip and it's just going though those cities. If I lived that close to a railroad the last thing I would be worried about would be mustard gas, there are a lot of other more dangerous things going by your house on a daily basis (I would not want to be that close to a chlorine or anhydrous ammonia spill for example).
2007-12-02 04:57:14 · answer #1 · answered by Yo it's Me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is the possibility that you mis-read the number on the placard.
There is also the possibility that someone hung the wrong placard on the car. (It happens.)
Wikipedia's site lists a history and disposal plan that, from everything I knew over the last thirty-odd years or so, appears to be accurate, without specifying exactly *where* in Colorado and Utah.
Mustard is messy stuff; best not fooled with, since the (internal) damage is pretty much irreversible. Externally, the blisters formed behave like ordinary blisters. Their only danger is the sheer size of them, which increases the chances of a later infection.
You point out a running problem with rail and barge traffic: Some pretty dangerous stuff is routinely transported (over and above Mustard.) Personally, I would make it a point to not own or inhabit land anywhere near a railroad!
2007-12-02 04:55:40 · answer #2 · answered by wsulliva 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2810 is a code used to identify some nasty stuff including Sarin, Mustard, CS, VX, and several other poisonous and toxic liquids.
Not sure of the destination but it's a high probabilty is was being transported to a location for destruction.
2007-12-02 04:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I hope you also were informed about the two jets with armed nuke warheads on it flew north to south this year and the airforce knew nothing about it. Big mistakes is this current presidents specialty haven't you noticed and hey I wouldn't put anything passed his evil ways to kill anyone anytime! Even his own countries people
2007-12-02 05:02:24 · answer #4 · answered by sally sue 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the policy of the government to either confirm or deny the shipment of such materials.
2007-12-02 04:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋