TABLE 3-2Known Gas Testing Facilities and Test Typesa

LocationType of Experiments
Edgewood Arsenal, MarylandChamber and patch tests Small-scale field tests Gas production
Bainbridge, MarylandChamber tests
Dugway Proving Ground, UtahLarge-scale field tests
Camp Sibert, AlabamaChamber and patch tests (1943-1944 only)
Naval Research Laboratory, VirginiaChamber and patch tests
Great Lakes Naval Training Center, IllinoisChamber and patch tests
Camp Lejeune, North CarolinaChamber tests
San Jose Island, Canal ZoneLarge-scale field tests Chamber tests
Bushnell, FloridaLarge-scale field tests
Other Allied Tests
Finschhafen, New GuineaLarge-scale field tests
Innisfail, AustraliaLarge-scale field tests Chamber tests
Porton Down, EnglandChamber tests (reported) Patch tests (reported)
a

This represents only a partial list of locations, especially for patch tests because patch exposures were a frequent part of training at Chemical Warfare Schools. In addition, British testing reports are still classified and not. available

SOURCES: Cochrane, 1946; Gillis, 1985; Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1946.

From: 3, History and Analysis of Mustard Agent and Lewisite Research Programs in the United States

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Veterans at Risk: The Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on the Survey of the Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite; Pechura CM, Rall DP, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1993.
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