Articles for Nerve Gas

How nerve gas destroys the body within minutes
7 years ago

How nerve gas destroys the body within minutes

Daily Mail  

A former Russian spy and his daughter found slumped on a bench in Wiltshire were poisoned by a nerve agent, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley confirmed on Tuesday. Scroll down for video A nerve agent attack causes a disconnect between the brain and organs, causing your lungs to begin shutting down and triggering uncontrollable vomiting, diarrhoea, and frothing at …

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This new super-sensitive e-nose can smell pesticides, nerve gas in extremely low concentrations
8 years, 8 months ago

This new super-sensitive e-nose can smell pesticides, nerve gas in extremely low concentrations

India TV News  

London: Researchers have now developed a super sensitive electronic nose which can detect pesticides and nerve gas in very low concentrations. According to the researchers from the University of Leuven in Belgium, this super sensitive nose built by them with metal-organic frameworks may also help in screening someone's breath for lung cancer and multiple sclerosis. Therefore, it’s fairly easy to …

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Revealed: UK Government let British company export nerve gas chemicals to Syria
11 years, 6 months ago

Revealed: UK Government let British company export nerve gas chemicals to Syria

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government was accused of “breathtaking laxity” in its arms controls …

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'Assad has now joined Hitler and Hussein': John Kerry says the Syrian president used deadly sarin nerve gas in Damascus attack
11 years, 6 months ago

'Assad has now joined Hitler and Hussein': John Kerry says the Syrian president used deadly sarin nerve gas in Damascus attack

Daily Mail  

'Assad has now joined Hitler and Hussein': Case builds for a U.S. military strike as John Kerry reveals evidence the Syrian president DID use deadly sarin nerve gas on civilians The Secretary of State said the ‘the case gets stronger by the day’ for a military attack The evidence comes from hair and blood samples provided to Washington by first …

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Syrian activists accuse Assad forces of using nerve gas during bombing near Damascus
11 years, 7 months ago

Syrian activists accuse Assad forces of using nerve gas during bombing near Damascus

ABC  

Syrian activists have accused forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad of using nerve gas to kill more than 200 people during a heavy bombardment of rebel-held areas around Damascus. Activists from the grassroots Local Coordination Committee reported at least 30 bodies had been brought to one field hospital in the Kafr Batna neighbourhood, a few kilometres east of central Damascus. …

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How Doctors Would Know If Syrians Were Hit With Nerve Gas
11 years, 10 months ago

How Doctors Would Know If Syrians Were Hit With Nerve Gas

NPR  

How Doctors Would Know If Syrians Were Hit With Nerve Gas Enlarge this image toggle caption George Ourfalian/Reuters/Landov George Ourfalian/Reuters/Landov President Obama affirmed Tuesday that there's evidence Syrians have been attacked with chemical weapons — in particular, nerve gas. "There are times when symptoms may look to doctors as if they were caused by chemical warfare agents," she says. So …

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Brain-Tweaking Chemical Caused Gulf War Syndrome, Says Study
17 years ago

Brain-Tweaking Chemical Caused Gulf War Syndrome, Says Study

Wired  

The controversial disorder known as Gulf War illness may have been caused by chemicals used in pesticides and anti-nerve gas pills. In an article published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of California, San Diego military health researcher Beatrice Golomb reviewed 115 studies on Gulf War illness, also known as GWI. Approximately one in three …

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