Lung-damaging Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Lung-damaging and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Types of Chemical Agents There are four primary agents that could possible be used in a chemical attack: Lung-damaging or choking agents Blood agents Blister agents Nerve agentsOthers that might be used include: incapacitating agents, riot-control agents, heavy metals, volatile toxins, pesticides, dioxins, explosive nitro compounds and oxidizers, flammable industrial gases and liquids, plus corrosive industrial acids and bases. | View Page |
| Lung-damaging or Choking Agents Example: Phosgene Physical Properties: Heavy gas, smells like fresh cut hay. General Signs and Symptoms: Coughing and choking, followed by tightness in chess, nausea, vomiting and headache. Death is due to the accumulation of fluid in the lungs. Relative Rate of Action: Immediate in high concentrations to several hours in low concentrations. | View Page |