To: Bobby777
A blister agent, very persistent. Causes large, painful blisters on contact. Inhaled it produces blisters in the lungs and airway (hence the "drowning"). A very old technology but very deadly.
20 posted on
12/20/2003 4:31:28 AM PST by
Feckless
To: Feckless
wasn't Mustard Gas the primary gas agent used during World War I? ... I don't remember how many countries used it or exactly where ...
24 posted on
12/20/2003 1:26:07 PM PST by
Bobby777
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