US to clean-up race test chemical weapon relics on Panama island

Pearl islands off the coast of Pedro Gonzalez island in Las Pearlos, Panama

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Legacy mustard gas weapons from second world war will be disposed of in September

The US government has agreed to destroy chemical weapons that were left on Panama’s San José Island after its race-based test programme during World War II. The eight chemical bombs, which mostly contain mustard gas, were discovered on the island in 2002 and will be disposed of in September, according to the Canadian National Post.