Marines Search Beach for Washed-Up Syringes
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Marines from Camp Pendleton searched the beach here Monday looking for sealed plastic wrappers containing syringes with the drug atropine.
About 145 of the packages washed up on shore Sunday and were turned over to officials.
The syringes are issued to troops in Iraq. Atropine is used to counteract the effects of chemical nerve agents.
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