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Tests show mustard gas-tainted clam boat clean

Crews begin cleaning mustard gas-tainted clam boat

Clam boat pulls up canisters off NY, crew sickened

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A clam boat that was isolated off Massachusetts after pulling up mustard-gas tainted munitions shells has steamed to shore after preliminary tests showed it was decontaminated.

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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Crews have begun decontaminating a clam boat that pulled up eight munitions shells containing mustard gas.

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BOSTON - The U.S. Coast Guard says a fishing boat dredging for clams off New York has pulled up 10 canisters, including one that broke open and caused two crew members to experience blistering and difficulty breathing.

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