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.
Vladimír Pitschmann, Zdeněk Hon
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Responding to chemical weapons violations in Syria: legal, health, and humanitarian recommendations [PDF]
Conflict and 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
Julia Brooks +5 more
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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
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Chemical Warfare Through the Ages: A Systematic Review From Antiquity to the Present [PDF]
Journal of ToxicologyChemical 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
Damian Alexander Honeyman +3 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]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThis 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 ...
Walter E. Grunden, Olli H. Tuovinen
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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, Juan Domingo
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Novichoks and carbamates ‒ new chemical compounds added into the Chemical Weapons Convention [PDF]
Biuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej, 2023 This article presents a description of the modern nerve agents – Novichoks and carbamates – added to the Chemical Weapons Convention Schedules in 2019. The chemical structures of both groups of compounds are described, as well as their use cases and the ...
Bartosz Wojtalewicz, Stanisław Popiel
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Federal Directorate for Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons – 30th Anniversary
Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023 The Russian Federation has ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, and thereby reaffirmed its international obligations assumed in the field of chemical ...
V. P. Kapashin +5 more
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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 +4 more
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International Organizations Intervention In The Syrian Conflict Through Chemical Weapons Violation
Perspektif: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Sosial, 2023 This paper aims to answer why chemical weapons such as Sarin and Chlorine are used as a primary basis of International Organizations to carry out the humanitarian intervention in the Syrian conflict.
Eska Dwipayana Pulungan
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