A century of chemical warfare: time to stop

A Eisenkraft, SD Gertz, Y Kreiss - CMAJ, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
One hundred years ago, in August of 1914, during the first month of World War I, a group of
French soldiers attacked German troops and, for the first time in declared warfare, used …

[PDF][PDF] A century of chemical warfare: building a world free of chemical weapons

PF Walker - One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research …, 2017 - library.oapen.org
The first major use of chemical weapons in warfare was on April 22, 1915, when Germany
attacked Allied forces along the Ypres Salient in Belgium in World War I. Since that historic …

Opinions of chemical warfare

RL Maynard - Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicology and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical warfare (CW) has attracted opprobrium since it was first used on a large scale
during World War I (WWI). Since 1919, efforts to persuade governments to abandon …

[BOOK][B] Chemical warfare in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan: an update

GP Schultz, GP Shultz - 1982 - books.google.com
Chemical and toxin weapons are of special concern to mankind. Used against civilian
populations, or even against soldiers with protective equipment, they can cause protracted …

[PDF][PDF] The use of chemical weapons in Syria: Implications and consequences

R Trapp - One hundred years of chemical warfare: research …, 2017 - library.oapen.org
Chemical weapons are banned under customary international law, the 1925 Geneva
Protocol and the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The CWC today has …

A question of chemistry: controlling the spread and use of chemical weapons.

L Litman - Harvard International Review, 2005 - go.gale.com
As the world was introduced to the destructiveness of total war with new technology in World
War I, it also became acquainted with one of the most persistent, hidden threats of today …

Reading the riot act: Toward a more comprehensive ban on chemical weapons

PF Walker - 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The recent use of chemicals in warfare in Syria and Iraq illustrates that, despite the important
work of the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the world has not yet been totally …

Historical perspective of chemical warfare agents

NH Johnson, JC Larsen, EC Meek - Handbook of toxicology of chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemicals have been used in warfare since ancient times. The first large-scale use of
chemicals occurred during World War I. Among the agents used were chlorine and sulfur …

One hundred years of chemical warfare and disarmament: Then and now

A Üzümcü - Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law Volume …, 2016 - Springer
On 22 April 2015, we commemorate the turning of a tragic page in human history—the 100th
anniversary of the first large-scale use of chemical weapons near Ieper in Belgium. In the …

Brief history and use of chemical warfare agents in warfare and terrorism

H Salem, AL Ternay Jr, JK Smart - Chemical warfare agents, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The chemical warfare agent was a 20th century military name used to describe a chemical
compound that could be used to injure or kill opposing forces on the battlefield. The list of …