MBTA hosting controlled gas, particle testing this week






Eric Moskowitz
Boston Globe
July 31, 2012

Scientists are fanning out throughout the MBTA this week to release and trace the movement of nontoxic, odorless gases and particles, in a federal experiment to simulate and understand how contaminants might move through the subway in a chemical or biological terrorist attack.

The research expands on previous studies of subway airflow in Boston in 2009 and 2010, with the tests this time examining not just how gases and particles move underground but also how they might flow out of subway tunnels and stations to city streets, said Teresa Lustig, program manager for the US Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.

Authorities said subway riders should not be alarmed at the sight of tracer samplers — clearly marked boxes that draw in air for measurement — or of scientists in fluorescent vests accompanied by MBTA Transit Police officers.

Near the site of their release, the plumes of gas and particles may appear as a fine mist, but otherwise they will be invisible and harmless to riders as they flow through the subway system, officials said.

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6 Responses to “MBTA hosting controlled gas, particle testing this week”

  1. bio-weapons testing “drill”, and who knows how it’ll INFECT people..
    they may get sick and die 2-3 years later after exposure to something else.

    the CDC (center for disease creation!) and bio-weapons labs are deviate SOB’s.

    ALEA Reply:
    July 31st, 2012 at 8:06 am

    captain obvious you are a “Alex Jones worshiping troll”.

    captain obvious Reply:
    July 31st, 2012 at 8:45 am

    yeah sure, tell me that again when you’re in a FEMA camp.

  2. Fellow bloggers, which were the most hilarious Prison Planet articles of all time? Lindsey Williams must be in the mix for a prize. Whats been predicted the most? The war with Iran, the crash of the dollar, the Obama assassination, Oil reaching $200 or gold reaching $300 per oz?

    Eduard Reply:
    July 31st, 2012 at 8:28 am

    It’s easy to criticize, especially when not being very honest. Who predicted 9-11? Who predicted the Afghanistan war? Who predicted the Iraq war? Who predicted the Libyan war? Who predicted the Syrian war? And, you then name “Iran” and ask what has been predicted the most?

    The answer ALEA, are the conspirator planners themselves. From their own mouths they revealed their plans and then coined it was perfectly all right to “lie to the people when it came to the greater good.”

    Who’s greater good? Not the people.

    We’ll wait and see who is right. My inclination is to believe that the dollar will crash and when that happens, you may not so much as have a pot to piss in.

  3. ALEA are you a mentally ill retarded homeless person.

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