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.