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Drugs as Chemical Weapons: Past and Perspectives [PDF]

Toxics, 2023
The emergence of modern chemical weapons and chemical warfare is traditionally associated with World War I, but the use of poisons in the military has its roots deep in the past.
Zdenek Hon
exaly   +5 more sources

Overall View of Chemical and Biochemical Weapons

Toxins, 2014
This article describes a brief history of chemical warfare, which culminated in the signing of the Chemical Weapons Convention. It describes the current level of chemical weapons and the risk of using them.
Vladimír Pitschmann
exaly   +4 more sources

Responding to chemical weapons violations in Syria: legal, health, and humanitarian recommendations. [PDF]

Confl Health, 2018
Background The repeated use of prohibited chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict poses serious health, humanitarian, and security threats to civilians, healthcare personnel, and first responders. Moreover, the use of chemical weapons constitutes a clear
Brooks J, Erickson TB, Kayden S, Ruiz R, Wilkinson S, Burkle FM.   +5 more
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New Chemical Weapons Destruction Technologies as the Key to Successful Completion of Chemical Weapons Disarmament Process

Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2022
The fulfillment of international obligations of the Russian Federation under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction required the development and the creation of ...
V. P. Kapashin, V. G. Mandych, I. N. Isaev, I. V. Kovalenko, V. L. Veriga   +4 more
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Effects of Chemical Weapons on Cancer Development in Human

Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research, 2016
Although use of chemical weapons has low probability, it can cause a large scale casualties among exposed people if it is used. These kind of weapons have been used by human being since ancient history.
Belal A. Muhammad
doaj   +3 more sources

Islamic State and Chemical Weapons

Obrana a Strategie, 2016
The article deals with topic of Islamic State and chemical weapons. The issue is analysed in three dimensions: origin of used chemical weapons and possibility of independent production; known chemical attacks and tactical regularities in their execution;
Lukáš Rafay
doaj   +2 more sources

Chemical Weapons in the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988). 4. The Destruction of Iraqi Chemical Weapons

Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2020
After the defeat of Iraqi army in Kuwait in February 1991, on April 3, the UN Security Council (UN Security Council) adopted Resolution 687, that «decides that Iraq shall unconditionally accept the destruction, removal, or rendering harmless, under ...
M. V. Supotnitskiy, N. I. Shilo, V. A. Kovtun   +2 more
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Legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol: one hundred years of treaties and debates on chemical and biological weapons. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
This essay examines the legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of chemical and biological weapons. This multinational treaty was an important milestone in the history of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass ...
Grunden WE, Tuovinen OH.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Chemical Warfare Through the Ages: A Systematic Review From Antiquity to the Present. [PDF]

J Toxicol
Chemical warfare means the use of chemical agents that have direct toxic effects on animals, plants and humans, as weapons. The first documented use of a chemical agent for warfare purposes occurred in ancient times around 10,000 BCE in South Africa when
Honeyman DA, Heslop DJ, Lim S, MacIntyre CR.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Conflict

Toxics, 2014
This paper aims at explaining the lessons learned from the chemical attacks that took place in 2013 in the Syrian military conflict, especially the sarin attacks on the Ghouta area of Damascus on August 21.
René Pita
exaly   +3 more sources