Massachusetts Fishermen sickened by canisters of possible mustard gas

[Lone_Star_Dem]

NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 8 (UPI) -- Four commercial fishermen were treated at Massachusetts hospitals after dredging up canisters that may have contained a nerve agent, authorities said.

The men were dredging for clams Sunday from the ESS Pursuit when they pulled up several canisters off Long Island in New York.

The crew threw the foot-long canisters back after noticing that one of them was cracked and leaking, said crew member Kevin O'Sullivan, 33, of New Bedford.

Hours later, O'Sullivan began to suffer shortness of breath and the skin of three other crew members began to blister, South Coast Today reported Tuesday. All four men were in good condition Monday, hospital officials said.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/06/08/Fishermen-sickened-by-canisters/UPI-51471276003884/

I wonder how many more are down there leaking.