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Biomedical Community and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
YesNegotiations to find a legally binding way to strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) of 1972 [1]are in danger of failing. The crisis was precipitated during the current round of talks, now in its final week in Geneva, when the
Whitby, Simon M., Dando, Malcolm
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Investigation of Features of Mass-Fragmentation of Some N-(N,N-diethylacetamidino)-O-alkylfluorophosphates and Related Alkylfluorophosphonates and their Detection by Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

open access: yesВестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023
The timely detection of violations of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling  and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) requires reliable methods for detecting toxic chemicals  that can be used for ...
A. V. Braun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The 10th Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention’s entering into Force

open access: yesМосковский журнал международного права, 2007
The article is devoted to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, 13 January 1993 (CWC). In connection with the 10th anniversary of the CWC’s entering into force (
O. V. Glikman, I. I. Sinyakin
doaj   +1 more source

Elaboration of a Method for the Determination of Low-Molecular-Weight Mustard Gas Biomarkers in Biological Samples

open access: yesВестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023
The relevance of the development and the improvement of methods for the determination of metabolites (biomarkers) of toxic substances in biological fluids (blood, urine, etc.) is associated with the need to establish facts of humans and animals exposure ...
D. О. Korneev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of acidic degradation products of chemical warfare agents by methylation with trimethylsilyldiazomethane and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

open access: yesJournal of Analytical Science and Technology, 2022
Sensitive and reliable analysis of alkylphosphonic acids (APAs) and 2-(N,N-dialkylamino)ethanesulfonic acids (SAs), the degradation products of chemical warfare agents (CWAs), is one of the most important tasks for verification of the Chemical Weapons ...
Marja-Leena Kuitunen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Derivatization and rapid GC-MS screening of chlorides relevant to the Chemical Weapons Convention in organic liquid samples.

open access: yesAnalytical Methods, 2020
A simple derivatization technique was developed for the analysis of seven Schedule 3 chemicals and one Schedule 2 chemical listed in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Phosgene, phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus pentachloride,
M. Kuitunen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The CWC at 25: from verification of chemical-weapons destruction to attribution of their use

open access: yesThe Nonproliferation Review, 2022
This article analyzes the shifting focus of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) during the first 25 years of its implementation, from the verification of destruction of declared chemical-weapon (CW) stockpiles to the attribution of CW use.
A. Kelle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In Vitro Interaction of Organophosphono- and Organophosphorothioates with Human Acetylcholinesterase

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
The implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1997 was a milestone in the prohibition of chemical warfare agents (CWA). Yet, the repeated use of CWA underlines the ongoing threat to the population.
Franz Worek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ligand-Based Virtual Screening, Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamics, and MM-PBSA Calculations towards the Identification of Potential Novel Ricin Inhibitors

open access: yesToxins, 2020
Ricin is a toxin found in the castor seeds and listed as a chemical weapon by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) due to its high toxicity combined with the easiness of obtention and lack of available antidotes.
Fernanda D. Botelho   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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