Live chemical artillery shells from WW1 era found buries in ‘Spring Valley’, one of Washington’s most prestigious neighborhoods.
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Since 1993, the Army Corps of Engineers has removed 84 chemical-filled shells and more than 1,000 conventional munitions, plus at least 44,000 tons of contaminated dirt and debris, from the verdant campus of American University and the manicured lawns of Spring Valley, one of Washington’s most prestigious neighborhoods.
The toxic trash dates from 1917 and 1918, when the military leased the then-rural campus and nearby farms to test gruesome gases. After the war, soldiers and scientists buried lethal leftovers in unmarked pits, calling the area Death Valley.
A developer renamed it Spring Valley, and mansions sprouted.
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Funniest part is that a developer renamed ‘Death Valley’ into ‘Spring Valley’ and mansions sprouted up!
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