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  Chemical Agent Encyclopedia Article @ Complying.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
One of the earliest reactions to the use of chemical agents was from Rome.
There are many reports of the isolated use of chemical agents in individual battles or sieges, but there was no true tradition of their use outside of incendiaries and smoke.
A total 50,965 tons of pulmonary, lachrymatory, and vesicant agents were deployed by both sides of the conflict, including chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas.
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 Lachrymatory agent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator is a chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and even temporary blindness.
Tear gas and pepper spray are lachrymatory agents that are also used as riot control agents and chemical warfare agents.
Certain lachrymatory agents are often used by the Police to assist in bringing offenders under control, most notably Tear Gas, but also in some countries (Finland and Australia, also the USA) another issued substance is Mace.
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 Riot control agent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent).
These are chemical compounds, such as benzyl bromide, or CS gas (o-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile) that causes the eyes to sting and water.
Any chemical which has this effect may be called lachrymatory, but "riot control agent" or "tear gas" implies a lachrymatory chemical chosen for its low toxicity which is judged to be non-lethal.
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 List of chemical weapon agents
Nerve agents can be absorbed through the skin, requiring that those likely to be subjected to such agents wear a full body suit in addition to a gas mask.
A blood agent (or cyanogen agent) is a chemical compound, containing the cyanide group, that prevents the body from utilizing oxygen.
A lachrymatory agent (or lachrymator) is a group of incapacitating agents that irritate the eyes to cause tearing, pain, and even temporary blindness.
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 Weapons of Mass Destruction
A riot control agent or lachrymatory agent or lacrimatory agent is a chemical compound, such as benzyl bromide, that causes the eyes to sting and water.
Agent Orange was used from 1961 to 1970 and has caused serious harm to the health of both Vietnamese and Americans and their children.
Agent Orange is a colorless liquid: its name was from the color of the stripes on the barrels used to transport it.
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Several highly toxic agents were developed during this period; the only unclassified information regarding these agents is that they are known in the open literature only as "Foliant" agents (named after the program under which they were developed) and by various code designations, such as A-230 and A-232.
According to Mirzayanov, the Soviets also developed agents that were safer to handle, leading to the development of the so-called binary weapons, in which precursors for the nerve agents are mixed in a munition to produce the agent just prior to its use.
Although no agents were found at the time he was arrested in August of 1974, he had reportedly acquired "all but one" of the ingredients required to produce a nerve agent.
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These are chemical compounds, such as benzyl bromide, or CS gas (O-Chlorobenzalmalonitrile) that causes the eyes to sting and water.
Any chemical which has this effect may be called lachrymatory, but "riot control agent" or "tear gas" implies a lachrymatory chemical chosen sabre make tear gas tear gas for its low toxicity which tear gas training tear gas grenades supplies is judged to be non-lethal.
The use salt lake city rave tear gas of riot control agents in warfare is prohibited by the Chemical Weapons buy tear gas Convention.
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Additionally, precursors to the agents are usually much easier to stabilize than the agents themselves, so this technique also made it possible to increase the shelf life of the agents a great deal.
The earliest successful use of chemical agents in a non-combat setting was in 1946, motivated by a desire to obtain revenge on Germans for the Holocaust.
The first successful use of chemical agents by terrorists against a general civilian population was on March 20, 1995.
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A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent.
Any chemical which has this effect may be called lachrymatory, but "riot control agent" or "tear gas" implies a lachrymatory chemical chosen for its low toxicity which is judged to be
The use of riot control agents in warfare is prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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 Chemical Warfare in World War I
The blood, blister, and nerve agents in the Russian chemical arsenal include mustard gas (a blister agent) and phosgene (a lung injurant) two of the most effective agents used in World War I. There is an abundance of material available for a study of gas warfare during World War 1.
Persistent agent fire was used tactically by the Germans on both the offense and the defense.
Thus, the duties and responsibilities of gas officers grew with the increasing awareness of the impact chemical agents were having on the offensive and defensive capabilities of AEF units.
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 Pepper Spray in a Pen!, Pepper Spray, PS-3 By RKDefense
Pepper spray is a non-lethal chemical agent which is used in riot control, crowd control and personal self-defense, including defence against dogs.
Pepper spray (also known as OC spray (from "Oleoresin Capsicum"), OC gas, or capsicum spray) is a lachrymatory agent that is used in riot control, crowd control and personal self-defense, including defense against dogs.
The active ingredient in pepper spray is capsaicin, which is a chemical derived from the fruit of plants in the Capsicum genus, including chillis.
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 Pepper spray
Pepper spray (also known as OC spray (from "Oleoresin Capsicum"), OC gas, or capsicum spray) is a lachrymatory agent (a chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and even temporary blindness) that is used in riot control, crowd control and personal self-defense, including defense against dogs and bears.
It is a non-lethal agent that can be deadly in rare cases - the American Civil Liberties Union claims to have documented fourteen fatalities from the use of pepper spray.
Pepper spray is an inflammatory agent, not an irritant like Mace.
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 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (C-F)
Its prime effect is as a lachrymatory agent and irritant, although it is lethal at higher concentrations.
It was introduced simultaneously with mustard gas as the agent to be used on offensive operations, since mustard was too persistent to be used against areas toward which German troops were advancing.
It was specifically aimed at penetrating Allied gas masks, by distributing the substance as a fine dust which could not be neutralized by the chemicals or stopped by the coarse filters in the masks.
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 Chemical warfare - Cassiopedia, The True Encyclopedia
Although crude chemical warfare has been employed in many parts of the world for thousands of years, "modern" chemical warfare began during World War I.
The cells then uses anaerobic respiration, creating excess lactic acid and metabolic acidosis.
The French were the first to use chemical weapons during the First World War, using tear gas.
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 Qwika - similar:Chemical_warfare
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The massive use of defoliants such as Agent Orange can be considered as an interdiction measure because, at their highest concentration use, they leave areas empty of any form of vegetation cover.
chemical structure of CN gas CN, or chloracetophenone, is a gas used as a riot control agent.
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 461. Bromamethane (Pesticide residues in food: 1979 evaluations)
It may be used as the pure compound or with 2% chloropicrin added as a warning (lachrymatory) agent.
Post-harvest Use Methyl bromide is widely applied in the vapour phase to many types of stored dry foodstuffs and other products such as tobacco, and to a more limited extent to fresh fruit and vegetables in plant quarantine operations.
Although no reports of free methyl bromide in goods offered for human consumption have been published, the dangerous nature of methyl bromide as an alkylating and mutagenic agent indicates that extremely low limits at or about the new lower limit of detection should be set.
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 Stun Guns, Pepper Spray, Tasers, Self Defense Products - Safety Gear HQ
The FBI endorsed it as an "official chemical agent" in 1987 but it wasn't until 1991 that more than 3,000 local law enforcement agencies added it to their arsenals.
Stun guns and pepper spray have also been widely requested by locksmiths, real estate agents and people who jog or bicycle ride in their neighborhood or the park.
Locksmiths have found the stun flashlight/alarm combo to be very useful since much of their work requires them to be out at night in unfamiliar places.
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 Surveillance, Security & Self-Defense
CS (Orthochlorobenzalmalonitrile) also known as CS Tear Gas is a chemical agent used in riot control by the military and police.
OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) also known as OC Pepper Spray, Pepper Spray, OC gas, or capsicum spray is a lachrymatory agent or a (tearing agent) which is used in riot control, crowd control and personal self-defense, including defense against dogs.
The active ingredient in pepper spray is capsaicin, which is a chemical derived from the fruit of plants in the Capsicum genus (hot pepper plants) category, including chillis.
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 lachrymatory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator is a chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause pain and that may even cause temporary blindness.
lachrymatory adj : relating to or prompting tears [syn: lacrimatory]
Lachrymatory : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, ]
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 Health impact of tear gas?
Canadian Medical Association Journal: "...Exposure may trigger laryngospasm or bronchospasm in people with pre-existing respiratory disease, such as asthma or bronchitis, and they are best advised to avoid voluntary exposure.
We suggest that the noxious transient effects of tear gas are underestimated, furthermore varying cutaneous effects and deep burns may result from its uncontrolled use...
There is a continuing need to reassess the potential toxic effects of CS tear gas as a riot control agent and to debate whether its future use can be condoned under any circumstances."
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 Friends of Al-Aqsa
We frantically carried out all that had collapsed as teargas infested the air.
For those that have fortunately not experienced the sting of a lachrymatory chemical agent such as teargas, the effects include incapacitation through irritation of eyes and/or respiratory system, rapidly producing disabling phsyical effects.
The burning sensation felt in the eyes and respiratory system is haunting.
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 VATIS :: Ozone Layer Protection :: Nov-Dec 2004 :: ODS Phase-out in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A maximum of 150 t was being produced against the facility’s total capacity of 300 t.
MB is a registered pesticide in the form of a formulation with 2 per cent chloropicrin, which is added as a lachrymatory agent warning against toxic effect from accidental leakages.
Owing to the non-availability of chloropicrin, this formulation is not being produced any more.
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 Lipstick pepper spray- defense in disguise - Gizmodiva.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The self-defense spray looks just like an ordinary lipstick, but contains a 10% concentrated pepper spray.
The spray contains a lachrymatory agent that immediately irritates the eyes and induces coughing.
There’s enough spray for ten 1 second bursts at a range of up to 3 meters, which will immobilizes your attacker so you can make your escape.
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