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Since President Nixon halted the manufacture of chemical weapons in 1969, about 31,000 tons of VX, sarin and mustard nerve agent have been stored at Newport and seven other chemical depots in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon and Utah.
Destruction is under way at four of the eight in compliance with the international Chemical Weapons Convention treaty.