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"Study Finds Diseases in 1918 Test Area"
A year long health survey of residents in a 345-house area of Spring Valley showed shocking results. These houses were built over a series of trenches, bunkers, and laboratory debris fields that were part of a W W 1 chemical warfare test area. Investigation shows that 131 people were afflicted with 56 separate diseases, which can be linked to arsenic, mustard gas, and Lewisite.
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