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 Chemical Warfare Summary
757 words, approx. 3 pages Throughout history there has been continued use of chemicals in warfare. Ancient armies burned painted wood to create smoke screens or to force enemies from hiding places. Two thousand years before Christ, Indian soldiers used smoke screens, incendiary... summary from source:
 Chemical Weapons Summary
404 words, approx. 1 pagesChemical weapons are weapons that achieve their deadly effects not by explosion, heat, or penetration, but by biochemical interaction with the target. Chemical weapons include agents that act on the nervous system, such as sarin and VX, and those that... summary from source:
 Chemical Terrorism Threats Summary
8,116 words, approx. 27 pages In the past five years, and especially since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, there has been a heightened awareness of all forms of terrorism, including that of chemical terrorism, which often generates more fear amongst the... summary from source:
 Chemical Weapons Summary
4,286 words, approx. 14 pagesChemical Weapons (CWs) constitute a major but often under appreciated ethical and political challenge for science and technology. The following entry examines this challenge by describing the character of CWs, the history of their use, and efforts of... summary from source:
 Chemical warfare Information
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Chemical warfare involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure or incapacitate an enemy. Chemical warfare is different from the use of conventional weapons or nuclear weapons because the destructive effects of chemical... 
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 The Washington Post Chemical Warfare
04/13/2005: 995 words, approx. 3 pages I have no desire to become a statistic in what the Pentagon refers to as "collateral damage." So I have always been careful to stay well out of the line of fire whenever and wherever combatants are combating. Thus far, I have avoided being... summary from source:
The Boston Globe The Chemical-warfare Threat
01/06/1989: 319 words, approx. 1 pages The furor over a chemical-weapons plant in Libya and the downing of two Libyan MIGs should not obscure the urgent need for international cooperation against the manufacture, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. The threat of chemical warfare is grave and immediate, and there... summary from source:
 AP News Chemical warfare agents found at refuge
5/4/2007: 281 words, approx. 1 pagesGlass vials of toxic agents once used in chemical warfare training may have been taken home as souvenirs from a popular crystal-hunting area, federal officials warned Thursday.Authorities have found 130 of the vials at the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, as well as incendiary devices... summary from source:
LCGC Gas Chromatographic Techniques for the Analysis of Chemical Warfare Agents
4/1/2007: 2,480 words, approx. 8 pagesChemical warfare agents (CWAs) were first used on a large scale during World War I. They can be divided into different classes: choking agents (phosgene, chlorine, nitrogen oxides); blister or vesicants (mustard gas, lewisite, phosgene oxime); blood agents (cyanogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide); nerve agents (sarin,...
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