http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/02/world/nerve-gas-element-was-in-el-al-plane-lost-in-1992-crash.html
By JOEL GREENBERG
... An El Al Boeing 747-200F crashed into an apartment complex in Amsterdam on Oct. 4, 1992, killing 43 people. Since then, scores of people living in the area have complained of unidentified health problems, including respiratory and skin ailments. An investigation determined the mechanical cause of the crash, but a full list of the plane's cargo was not made public by the Israeli authorities…. The Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported on Wednesday that the plane was carrying about 50 gallons of dimethyl methylphosphonate, which the paper said was enough to produce 594 pounds of sarin. The chemical is also used as a flame retardant in building materials.* The newspaper printed a copy of what it said was a freight document showing that the material came from Solkatronic Chemicals Inc. in Morrisville, Pa., and was sent to the Institute for Biological Research in the Israeli town of Ness Ziona, south of Tel Aviv. The institute's work is a closely guarded secret in Israel ....
- Ness Ziona Ness Ziona (, Nes Tziyona) is a city in central Israel founded in 1883. At the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,500, and its jurisdiction was 15,579 duna
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