• Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs...
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    organophosphorus class, specifically, a thiophosphonate. In the class of nerve agents, it was developed for military use in chemical warfare after translation...
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    all nerve agents. Tabun is toxic even in minute doses. The number and severity of symptoms which appear vary according to the amount of the agent absorbed...
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  •  'newcomer, novice, newbie') is a family of nerve agents, some of which are binary chemical weapons. The agents were developed at the GosNIIOKhT state chemical...
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    Sarin (redirect from GB (nerve agent))
    liquid, it is used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent. Exposure can be lethal even at very low concentrations, where death...
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    organophosphate nerve agent. It was developed in the Soviet Union under the FOLIANT program and is one of the group of compounds referred to as Novichok agents that...
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    "V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent. It was first reported in 1958 as a pesticide. Like most of the agents in the V-series...
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    called Amiton or Tetram) is a "V-series" nerve agent chemically similar to the better-known VX nerve agent. Tetram is the common Russian name for the...
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    also known as EA-5365, is an organophosphate nerve agent. GV is a part of a new series of nerve agents with properties similar to the "G-series" and...
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    substance No. 33, Agent "November") is a "V-series" unitary nerve agent closely related (it is an isomer) to the better-known VX nerve agent. It became a prototype...
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    VM (Edemo) is a "V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent. Like most of the agents in the V-series (with the exception...
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    resemblance to death by nerve agents. In particular, the frothing at the mouth and convulsing match death by a strong nerve agent. The bruising of the lungs...
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    Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal (category Novichok agents)
    and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned by means of a Novichok nerve agent. Both spent several weeks in hospital in a critical condition, before...
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    (MFPCh) Metrifonate Mevinphos Mipafox Monocrotophos MSPI Naled Novichok agent Omethoate Oxydemeton-methyl Paraoxon Parathion Parathion-methyl Phorate...
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  • between the V and G agents and are typically used for a semi-persistent to persistent effect. Novichok agents GV (nerve agent) These agents have low volatility...
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    VS is a nerve agent of the V-series. Its chemical structure is very similar to the VX nerve agent, but the methyl group on the phosphorus atom is replaced...
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  • The Nerve Agents were an American punk rock band formed by Andy Outbreak and Eric Ozenne (ex-Redemption 87). Their angry brand of music juxtaposed yelled...
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  • Cyclosarin (redirect from GF (nerve agent))
    nerve agents, a group of chemical weapons discovered and synthesized by a German team led by Gerhard Schrader. The major nerve gases are the G agents...
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    containing pyridostigmine bromide, used as a pretreatment to protect against nerve agent effects, has been found to be associated with the neurological effects...
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    employs a specialized diazepam preparation known as Convulsive Antidote, Nerve Agent (CANA), which contains diazepam. One CANA kit is typically issued to...
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    the Mark I NAAK, or MARK I Kit, ("Nerve Agent Antidote Kit") is a dual-chamber autoinjector: Two anti-nerve agent drugs—atropine sulfate and pralidoxime...
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    approximately 9:00 a.m., two women sprayed Kim Jong-nam with the VX nerve agent. He died about 15 to 20 minutes later while being transported to the...
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  • methylphosphonate) [EA1511] VR – VR nerve agent (O-isobutyl S-(2-diethaminoethyl) methylphosphothioate) VX – VX nerve agent [EA1701] TZ – Saxitoxin Material...
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    Soman (redirect from Soman nerve gas)
    methylphosphonofluoridate) is an extremely toxic chemical substance. It is a nerve agent, interfering with normal functioning of the mammalian nervous system...
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    research took the newly discovered German nerve agents as a starting point, and eventually VX nerve agent was developed at Porton Down in 1952. In the...
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    chemical weapons sensors and protective clothing). Examples include nerve agents, ricin, lewisite and mustard gas. Any production over 100 grams (3.5 oz)...
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  • These agents inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system by selectively blocking the binding of ACh to its receptor in nerve cells. The nerve fibers of...
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    lockdown was in response to the temporary loss of a vial containing VX nerve agent. The lockdown was lifted on January 27 following recovery of the material...
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    concentration of nerve agents far higher than military intelligence had initially expected given their age, with the highest "agent purity of up to 25...
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  • production site for all of the U.S. military's nerve agent VX, when it was in use. All VX nerve agent at the site was neutralized by August 8, 2008. It...
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