article_snippet: (CNN)The Pueblo Chemical Depot will begin destroying the United States' largest remaining stockpile of chemical weapons Tuesday in southern Colorado.
article_snippet: There are 2,611 tons of World War II-era mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
article_snippet: Mustard agent is a blister agent, which can cause skin redness and itching, eye irritation, scarring, and an increased risk for lung and respiratory cancer.
article_snippet: : The Pueblo Chemical Depot has about 780,000 shells containing mustard agent.
article_snippet: The Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky, will have the remaining chemical agent stockpile, which is a fifth of the size of the one at The Pueblo Chemical Depot.
article_snippet: But the Kentucky site has a larger variety of chemical weapons, including nerve agent.
highlights_snippet: On Tuesday, the Pueblo Chemical Depot will begin to destroy the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the U.S.
  