DENVER (AP) -- Colorado officials say they've reached an agreement with the Army on monitoring mustard agent awaiting destruction at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern Colorado.
The state Department of Public Health and Environment confirmed the agreement Tuesday.
The department sued the Army in August, seeking better monitoring after leaks from obsolete mustard projectiles. Department spokeswoman Jeanine Natterman says the two sides have arrived at a basic agreement and are now discussing how to implement it.
Mustard agent is toxic and can cause skin and lung inflammation, cancer and birth defects.
The Army is building a plant to destroy about 2,600 tons of mustard agent at the Pueblo depot. Another stockpile in Kentucky will be destroyed there.
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