Chemical Warfare Agents

 

"What You Need to Know about

Chemical Warfare Agents"

 

Part of a presentation of the

Biology and Chemistry Departments

November 12, 2001.

 

Chemistry Dept. : Marilyn Kroeger Smith, Richard H. Smith, Jr.

 Chemical Warfare Agents Slides (complete PDF file B&W)

1. Chemical Warfare Agents-title slide

2. Chemical Warfare Agents-outline

3. 4 Classes of Chemical Warfare Agents

4. Biological versus Chemical Agents

5. Brief History of Chemical Warfare

6. Chemical Stockpile

7. Chemical Stockpile Locations

8. Chemical Stockpile Inventories

9. 4 Classes of Chemical Warfare Agents

10. Blood (cyanogen) Agents

11. Choking Agents

12. Blister Agents

13. Blister Agent Exposure Routes

14. Initial Treatment for Blister Agents

15. Nerve Agents

16. Specific Nerve Agent Names

17. Nerve Agent Exposure Routes

18. Symptoms of Nerve Agent Exposure

19. How Nerve Agents Work

20. Nerve Agent Antidote

21. Information on Chemical Warfare (URLs)

22. Source of Information Acknowledgement