Several blocks were cordoned off and a few dozen homes were evacuated in Staten Island as police investigated a "large amount" of chemicals found at a home (199 Ada Drive) and a nearby commercial storage facility.
Authorities found less than a thousand pounds of chemicals in the home, including potassium nitrate, sulfur, mercury, and peroxide. At the off-site storage facility, authorities found about 1,500 of chemicals, mainly potassium nitrate.
There is no indication the chemicals were being used for bomb-making or anything terror-related. The man was purchasing the chemicals in bulk and reselling them on the internet.
Friday, June 29, 2007
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