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Chloropicrin - Chemical Weapon

May 14 , 2024 225 days 384 0
  • The U.S. State Department accused Russia of having used a chemical weapon against Ukrainian forces in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
  • The US factsheet accuses Russia of using chemical agent chloropicrin in Ukraine.
  • The chemical compound chloropicrin is used both as a warfare agent and pesticide.
  • If inhaled, it poses a health risk.
  • Also known as nitro chloroform, chloropicrin is also employed as an antimicrobial agent, and as a herbicide and nematicide.
  • It was first made for us as a poison gas in the First World War, by both the Allied and the Central Powers.
  • Chloropicrin has documented irritating and tears-inducing effects on humans, and is also known to be highly toxic and carcinogenic.

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