mustard gas
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The path to chemotherapy began with a 1943 wartime disaster in Bari, Italy, where sailors exposed to mustard gas showed severely depleted white blood cell counts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
In the world of Francesca May’s queer gothic fantasy “Wild and Wicked Things,” World War I was epoch-making not for its machine guns and mustard gas, but for its use of magic.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2022
Other substances and activities listed include HIV and cobalt, which were added in 2016, as well as tobacco smoking, solar radiation, mustard gas, and asbestos.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2022
The poisoning of troops with mustard gas during World War I led to the production of chemotherapy.
From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2021
He doesn’t mind the smell of mustard gas and roses.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
