The toxic materials at Fort Sherman were stored there for "rehabilitation," according to a later account, which may have meant leaks from munitions in need of repair. We have found no records documenting what the United States did with chemical bombs stored at Río Hato, which also was evacuated in January 1948.
Según un relato posterior, los materiales tóxicos fueron almacenados en el Fuerte Sherman para su "rehabilitación," lo que pudo haber significado que había en ellos fugas que necesitaban ser reparadas.