Marines dismounted, and followed close behind Faez Shamran el Yaseri, 51, as the farmer scurried down a bank, past a stash of rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) in a ditch, through his garden, then to an outbuilding with hundreds of gas masks, canisters and chemical decontamination kits littered on the ground.

CNN: Iraqi farmer leaves life of fear behind

Odours from a former Cambridgeshire chemical factory undergoing decontamination are unlikely to be a threat to people, a report has said.

BBC: Hauxton factory

Residents of the south Cambridgeshire village complained of a strong chemical smell during the decontamination work.

BBC: Work to decontaminate Hauxton site completed

Residents of Hauxton, near Cambridge, complained of a strong chemical odour during the decontamination of the Bayer CropScience site in 2010.

BBC: Hauxton families sue company over odour

Emergency stocks of protective and decontamination equipment suitable for defending against the effects of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare should be established.

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