and commenced the characteristic distressing respiration which heralds death from cyanide poisoning. One minute thirty-five seconds after the commencement the animal's body was carried out, respiration having ceased and the dog being apparently dead. I then left the chamber. "

http://www.cbwinfo.com/Chemica l/Blood/AC.shtml

Blood agent detectors may be sold in military surplus stores (the M18A2, M256, and M256A1).

Blister agent is another of the terrible troika of chemical war. It is sort of the equivalent of napalm to the skin from something not flaming. Blister agent is a jelly like substance made from something like extra-strength rust remover. It burns up the skin with blisters that just don't want to heal. It can kill but it quickly puts a soldier out of combat. It can get in the eyes and blind, cause all kinds of dermatological wounds, and I imagine it might even burn through the stuff beneath the skin if one gets a lot of it on vulnerable areas. It can be spread on roads and trails laying as a trap for the unwary. It may get on vehicle tires and footwear and other objects handled by the unaware to their immediate harm. Its bad but at least it isn't from the bio-war side of things...that is very unpleasant stuff-far worse than the swine flu popular in medical supply production businesses now as they gear up for the anticipated pandemic in the fall of 2009 that may infect one in three people globally or not.

A low-intensity chemical war continues upon mankind simmers in a variety of subtle ways continuously because people are idiots and greedy. Low level chemical pollutants poison from within as one drinks the stuff, or spreads it on laws to kill dandelions and pollen for honey bees. There are 3 million or more chemical agents manufactured and dumped in various ways in to the pool of the Earth and the gene pool too. Morons think more chemicals is a cure for everything so humanity is slowly transforming itself into it's own protracted victim as a species. Well, its not total war, or targeted, keyed sequential covert deletion of individuals targeted by computer program from globalist data banks. As a species humanity is too violent and introverted intellectually and spiritually too specialized in occupational roles to moderate its own exotic and clever invention of toxic things and tools for mass death.

After that comment I should close with some happy news...Nerve agents usually disperse fairly quickly in heat and winds (also a down side), They are non-persistent chemical agents and hard to buy at Home Depot...in fact they aren't for sale at all at Home Depot. It can even be difficult to buy lighter fluid at drug stores since 9-11 because they perhaps save money on shipping supplies when not including inflammable agents of filling lighters.

One should have a protective mask specially designed to stop chemical agents and a protective garment or jumpsuit that won't let chemical's pass from casual contact. Military and government attire is better designed for the fashionable well dressed soldier entering contaminated areas of war of course-so one must do the best one can in producing improvisational chemical protective posture clothing and shelter...obviously one should want to prevent the invasion of the stuff from your safe area...get some really good filters for your air conditioner, and tape up leaky places that create higher heating and cooling costs anyway.

http://www.amazon.com/Nbc-Nucl ear-Biological-Chemical-Battle field/dp/1857531825

http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/ cgi/content/full/89/2/211

Yes chemical agents can harm you but they also create jobs for government workers working to protect us from chemical agents government workers someplace have manufactured. Thank goodness! Al Qa'eda is believed to have planned to use hydrogen cyanide in terror attacks-possibly to drive up the price of oil...America is involved in the 'moral equivalent of war' to move away from fossil fuels, and has been since President Carter declared the moral equivalent battle joined in the 1970's-so far that protracted war isn't going well for America.

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