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To better detect chemical weapons, materials scientists are exploring new technologies

Mustard gas exposure is dangerous and traumatic – scientists are coming up with ways to detect its presence in the ...
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Tear Gas Is a Chemical Weapon Used to Disperse Crowds - Here's How It Works and Its Risks

What is tear gas? Learn more about the evolution of tear gas and why some scientists recommend a revaluation of its use.
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Arla Harrell, who won appeal on World War II mustard-gas exposure, has died

WASHINGTON • Arla Wayne Harrell, the quiet World War II veteran whose appeals to Veterans Affairs became a test of the government’s treatment of victims of mustard gas experiments, has died.