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Risk Assessments for Chemical Stockpile Incinerators: Is the Supporting Guidance Adequate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The author identifies potential deficiencies in guidance used in the United States for risk assessments of chemical weapons ...
Tannenbaum, Lawrence V.
core   +2 more sources

Breathable Graphene Oxide‐Polymer Composite Membranes With Two‐Step Barrier Mechanism Against Nerve Agents

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Breathable membranes that reject chemical warfare agents (CWAs) are required for next‐generation protective apparel. A dual‐function graphene oxide (GO)‐polyamine architecture is introduced that addresses the long‐standing tradeoff between vapor transmission and CWA selectivity.
Hyungjun Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency and First Aid in Cases of the Use of Chemical, Biological, Radiation, and Nuclear Weapons

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Chemical, biological, and radioactive substances purposely, accidentally, or after a natural disaster cause a lot of harmful effects on people and the environment.
Erdal Tekin, Şahin Aslan
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical Weapons in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) Iraq Preparing for Chemical War

open access: yesВестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023
The Iraqis became the first nation to use chemical weapons on the modern battlefield during the IranIraq War (1980-1988). There are no general reviews and research available on this issue in Russian.
M. V. Supotnitskiy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of military force and the Constitution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
[Excerpt] Last week, for the second time since becoming president, President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Syria without seeking or obtaining authorization from Congress. Both strikes were responsive to chemical-weapons attacks that, American
Greabe, John M
core   +1 more source

Highlighting Recent Progress in Fiber Energy Harvesters: From Working Principles to Future Perspectives

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Fiber energy harvesters offer unprecedented flexibility and a unique capacity for integration into commercial textiles, overcoming the limitations of bulky and rigid conventional devices. This review summarizes recent advances in fiber‐based energy harvesting and provides strategic outlooks to accelerate technological progress in the field. ABSTRACT As
Hanhwi Jang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shake & Bake: Dual-Use Chemicals, Contexts, and the Illegality of American White Phosphorus Attacks in Iraq [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
[Excerpt] “On November 29, 2005, in a Department of Defense press conference with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Pace stated that white phosphorus “is a legitimate tool of the ...
Tessier, Joseph D.
core   +1 more source

Boosting Photo‐Pyroelectric Effect via Tunable Polarization and Interfacial Defect Engineering

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reports Ba(Ti0.85Zr0.15)O3 nanocatalysts with enhanced polarization and oxygen‐vacancy‐rich interfaces for efficient NIR‐II photo‐pyroelectric therapy. Zr doping boosts the pyroelectric coefficient and accelerates polarization switching, while oxygen vacancies improve photothermal conversion and surface reactivity.
Yanli Huang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Statute of Limitations of Actions of Victims of the Use of Chemical Weapons during Iran-Iraq War [PDF]

open access: yesFaṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2016
Statute of limitations is an obstacle to sue and prosecute crimes. According to the nature of the actions, nature, purpose, effects and rules governing statute of limitations will be different.
مهین سبحانی
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction: The Path Forward to a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East

open access: yesJournal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2022
The idea of a weapons of mass destruction-free zone (hereafter WMDFZ, or simply “zone”) in the Middle East is decades old and was first proposed by Egypt in 1990 with support from Iran.
Emad Kiyaei
doaj   +1 more source

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