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  2. Chlorine gas poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Chlorine gas poisoning is an illness resulting from the effects of exposure to chlorine beyond the threshold limit value. Acute chlorine gas poisoning primarily affects the respiratory system , causing difficulty breathing, cough, irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, and sometimes skin irritation .

  3. List of chemical warfare agents - Wikipedia

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    A chemical weapon agent (CWA), or chemical warfare agent, is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are meant to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings.About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century, although the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has an online database listing 35,942 chemicals which ...

  4. Chemical warfare - Wikipedia

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    Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare, biological warfare and radiological warfare, which together make up CBRN, the military acronym for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (warfare or weapons), all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs), a term that ...

  5. Can cold weather make you sick? Your grandma wasn't entirely ...

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    When people sick with a common cold or COVID-19 cough or sneeze, they let out respiratory droplets containing the virus, said Andrew Pekosz, a professor of molecular biology and immunology at ...

  6. Can Your Pool Make You Sick?

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    On the contrary, if you smell chemicals, the pool actually needs more chlorine, as the chemical smells come from the lotion, sunscreen, urine, hair oils in the pool mixing with a low level of ...

  7. Why you should think twice before getting in a pool

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    Chlorine can control many of the other pathogens that made people sick from pools and spas, but Crypto can survive in chlorinated water for more than a week. That makes it easy for the parasite to ...

  8. CS gas - Wikipedia

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    The compound 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C 10 H 5 ClN 2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of the lachrymatory agent commonly referred to as CS gas, a tear gas which is used as a riot control agent, and is banned for use in warfare due to the 1925 Geneva Protocol.

  9. Can cold weather make you sick? Experts explain why more ...

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    Cold and flu season always comes around when the weather starts to change. But does cold, wet weather actually make you sick?Not really, experts say. But cooler temperatures and dry winter air can ...