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Nerve Agents
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they are most commonly knows for their incredible potency, being lethal within minutes of short term exposure whilst being nearly undetectable via the 5 senses
an example of this would be sarin, a nerve agent that is colourless and odourless liquid killing within 1 minutes of inhalation
this does have a cure, being atropine and pralidoxime
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there is no chance of any naturally occurring nerve agents killing someone, so must be synthesised in labs
this production does take time but as only small quantities are needed to be deadly, it isn't as tie consuming
this does mean that only people can be responsible for the contamination of the normal environment with these nerve agents
seen in use for terrorist attacks and military missions, previously used by Germany in world war two and Iran after world war two using mustard gas
following this the Americans produced tonnes of mustard agents and in 1972, dumped 32000 tonnes of mustard and nerve agents into the ocean
a nerve agent or a nerve gas is an organic chemical or compound that disrupts the mechanisms that transfer signals to organs and muscles around the body
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common connotations made only to the negative use of such products but they can be used as insecticides too
this has been discontinued by many countries as there are other better alternatives as some of theses nerve agent insecticides have affects on humans and other animals
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it caused severe burns along with the normal, hideous side effects all nerve agents have
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