Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure...
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Chemical weapons in World War I (redirect from Use of poison gas in World War I)
chemicals, such as tear gas, to lethal agents like phosgene, chlorine, and mustard gas. These chemical weapons caused medical problems. This chemical warfare...
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mustards for the treatment of lymphoma. In early December of 1943, an incident during the air raid on Bari, Italy, led to the release of mustard gas that...
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British spacecraft Mustard gas or sulfur mustard, a chemical weapon Nitrogen mustard, chemotherapy agents derived from mustard gas Mustard (name), including...
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Mustard Gas and Roses may refer to: MGR (musical project) [d], a solo ambient project of Isis guitarist, Michael Gallagher Mustard Gas and Roses (Jakko...
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Albert Niemann (chemist) (section Mustard gas)
also noted the toxic properties of mustard gas at that time. In 1860, Niemann described the properties of mustard gas as: Sie besteht darin, daß selbst...
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Widely used during the World War I, the effects of so-called mustard gas, phosgene gas, and others caused lung searing, blindness, death and maiming...
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Chemical warfare (redirect from Gas (chemical warfare))
protective clothing). Examples include nerve agents, ricin, lewisite and mustard gas. Any production over 100 grams (3.5 oz) must be reported to the Organisation...
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awarded a 2015 Peabody Award for an NPR special series on the testing of mustard gas on American troops in WWII. She is a 2023 winner of the Pulitzer prize...
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Lewisite (redirect from Mustard lewisite)
through the skin. Large, fluid-filled blisters (similar to those caused by mustard gas exposure) develop after approximately 12 hours and cause pain for 2–3...
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Rawalpindi experiments (redirect from Rawalpindi Mustard gas experiments)
The Rawalpindi experiments were experiments involving use of mustard gas carried out by British scientists from Porton Down on hundreds of soldiers from...
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Gassed is a very large oil painting completed in March 1919 by John Singer Sargent. It depicts the aftermath of a mustard gas attack during the First...
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Italians dropped mustard gas from the air. Beginning in October 1935 and continuing into the following months, Fascist Italy used mustard gas against the Ethiopians...
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Blister agent (redirect from Blister gas)
Sulfur mustards – A family of sulfur-based agents, including mustard gas. Nitrogen mustards – A family of agents similar to the sulfur mustards, but based...
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(such as a strong acid, base or oxidizer) or a cytotoxic agent (such as mustard gas, lewisite or arsine). Chemical burns follow standard burn classification...
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Halabja massacre (redirect from Halabja poison gas attack)
incident, the United Nations launched an investigation and concluded that mustard gas and other unidentified nerve agents had been used against Kurdish civilians...
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chlorine or mustard gas), or particulates (such as biological agents). Many filters provide protection from both types. The first gas masks mostly used...
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Bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide (Mustard gas; HD) Bis(2-chloroethylthio) methane Bis(2-chloroethylthiomethyl) ether Bis(2-chloroethylthioethyl) ether (O Mustard; T) Ethyldichloroarsine...
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Nerve agent (redirect from Nerve gas)
countries with petroleum are in a position to make more [mustard gas], but Germany has a special gas, Tabun. In this we have a monopoly in Germany." He specifically...
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continued to suppress rebel activity until 1939. Italian troops used mustard gas in aerial bombardments (in violation of the Geneva Protocol and Geneva...
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of mustard gas from one of the wrecked cargo ships added to the loss of life. The British and US governments covered up the presence of mustard gas and...
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National Smelting Company (section Mustard gas)
was established by Minister of Munitions Winston Churchill to produce mustard gas during World War I. After World War I, it was bought by private business...
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Bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide (category Sulfur mustards)
family of cytotoxic and blister agents known as mustard agents. Sometimes referred to as mustard gas, the term is technically incorrect: bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide...
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servicemen volunteers to investigate the effects of, and precautions against, mustard gas when used as a weapon in the tropics. The film, released by Film Australia...
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Chemicals and compounds that have been seen to cause cherry angiomas are mustard gas, 2-butoxyethanol, bromides, and cyclosporine. A significant increase...
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attributed in whole or in part to the mustard gas, most of them American merchant seamen" out of 628 mustard gas military casualties.[Navy 2006][Niderost]...
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Pepper spray (redirect from OC gas)
business or place of public gathering any tear gas, mustard gas, phosgene gas or other noxious or nauseating gases or mixtures of chemicals designed to, and...
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program expanded rapidly. According to Iraq, while the majority of its mustard gas was of 90–95% purity, it struggled to consistently produce nerve agents...
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including the U.S. Liberty ship John Harvey, which was carrying mustard gas; mustard gas was also reported to have been stacked on the quayside awaiting...
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offensives on the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and allegedly once caught a...
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