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Blister Agent

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Blister Agent
A chemical that causes blisters or other severe irritation on human or animal skin. Occasionally, blister agents are used in medical treatments and may have a commercial value for this reason. However, blister agents are usually used in chemical weapons.


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9m) and involves the supply of 4,100 units that can quickly monitor for nerve and blister agents.
The most common agents the Army made were the mustard blister agent and two nerve agents, sarin--also known as (GB)--and VX.
The author covers poisons such as nerve poisons, blood poisons, blister agents, and choking gases and biological agents such as anthrax, typhus, and cholera.
 
 
 
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