Chemical Agents

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.

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