Chemists in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis have received a $1 million contract from the Defense Threat ...

They were poisoned by a chemical weapon named VX ... The fleas weren't infected with any type of disease or agent, but experimenters were working with thousands of them. And the fleas were ...

Chemical warfare agents (CWAs) are toxic substances designed to harm or kill through chemical means. The threat posed by these agents necessitates effective decontamination techniques to protect ...

The threat of chemical warfare agents, particularly organophosphorus compounds and other toxic substances, has prompted significant research into effective decontamination strategies. These ...

The best known of such agents is the anticholinergic chemical ... as is homicidal or suicidal behavior.160 Former JNA chemical warfare officers, both Bosniak and Croatian, have indicated that ...

In war, chemical warfare agents are never a pretty sight. Meet VX, an extremely toxic human-made chemical that devastated ...

The Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) M4A1 is a pocket-size, rugged, handheld detector that automatically detects, identifies, and alarms to chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial ...

with an urgent need to destroy Syria’s chemical warfare agent stockpile. The national team was considering incineration of the stockpile in or near Syria as a possible solution. Based on ...

Chloropicrin was widely used as a chemical warfare agent in World War I, but is no longer authorized for military use, and is ...

Chemical and biological warfare isn't new. Even in ancient times, war wasn't all swords and longbows. Some examples: Unrestricted use of chemical agents caused 1 million of the 26 million ...

International watchdogs are unable to fully verify that Syria destroyed its stores of chemical warfare agents and munitions, the United Nations’ disarmament chief told the U.N. Security Council ...