nerve gas

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This has included looking at melanin as a dye for clothing that would also act as an absorbent for toxins in the environment, particularly nerve gas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

These surfaces can attract and bind with many simple gas molecules such as methane, hydrogen and water, as well as more complex compounds, including pollutants and nerve gas agents.

From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2021

This happened back in 2003, when the country was especially antsy over anthrax, nerve gas and other evil pathogens.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021

Glan Rhonwy slate quarry, which is about the size of two football pitches, was used as a secret munitions store during World War Two and it used to store captured German nerve gas.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021

Chlorpyrifos is part of a class of chemicals developed as a nerve gas by Nazi Germany during World War II, but it was approved as a pesticide in the United States in 1965.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2020