I can't find LCI50 estimates (dose in terms of mg*min/m3 at which inhalation kills half of the victimes)for TEPP, but a public document Chemical Terrorism generated by the Canadian Intelligence Security Service, describes both TEPP and the less toxic parathion as "almost as toxic as their military counterparts".
Just because the stuff in the drums wasn't Sarin, cyclosarin, VX or any of the other standard nerve agents, and could be used as pesticide, doesn't mean we haven't found the WMD's.
Iraqi military bases obviously had a far worse cockroach problem than anyplace else in the country did.
I don't remember any of those drums being found at locations that looked like "military installations." They looked like decrepit farms.
"I can't find LCI50 estimates (dose in terms of mg*min/m3 at which inhalation kills half of the victimes)for TEPP, but a public document Chemical Terrorism generated by the Canadian Intelligence Security Service, describes both TEPP and the less toxic parathion as "almost as toxic as their military counterparts". "
I don't think any one will be less dead, for being esposed to a lethal dose of TEPP, Parathion, etc. (all organophosphate cholinesterase inhibitors(, than being exposed to VX, Sarin, Tabun, etc.
The big difference between military nerve agents and commercial pesticides is: The military agents have a longer persistence in the environment.
Some good news articles on WMD/pesticide finds summarized halfway down this webpage in a special section:
http://cshink.com
I have a listing of articles discussing such finds, but don't have time to post it right now--be back later with it.
" FReepers with expertise in toxicology, organic chemistry, or CBW are particularly welcomed. Me, I'm just a guy in pajamas typing away in his bedroom. "
I went to Google and it looks like there are a lot of older links to this story at Free Republic.
http://www.google.com/search?q=iraq+pesticides+organophosphates+nerve+agents+%22free+republic%22&num=20&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&filter=0
I don't know if it's really relevant to your question, but I distinctly recall that, back when they were gassing Iranians in 1984 or 1985, Saddam Hussein said that were just spraying them with pesticide.
Back then the media reported the tactic as chemical warfare. I suppose, though, that pesticide doesn't quite qualify as a "weapon of mass destruction" in today's context.