During the World War a total of about 100,000 tons of gas was used by the various nations involved ... does not penetrate clothing to the same extent that mustard gas does. During the World War one ...

That number is the first estimate ... particularly when used in densely populated areas. Sarin, a nerve agent, can kill within minutes. Chlorine and mustard gas, weapons made infamous in World ...

Discover the fascinating world of nitrogen, from knuckle-cracking to agriculture, and the urgent need to address nitrous ...

1832 – Discovery of Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Although early accounts of an illness akin to leukaemia can be traced back to Ancient Greece, the first official description of blood ...

John came first, arriving in ... “doughboy” helmets and gas masks, sometimes sleeping with them on to guard against chemical warfare agents like blistering mustard gas and deadly phosgene ...

Not content with ridiculing the Kaiser in the pages of the Daily Express, Sidney Strube joined up, serving with distinction ...

This was in the early Fifties, when they were doing the first studies using chemotherapy on children with leukaemia. "The chemotherapy agent was derived from mustard gas ... is used at the clinic ...

The Edwin Smith Papyrus, an ancient Egyptian medical text from around 3,000-2,500 BCE, contains what may be the first known reference ... Drugs derived from noxious mustard gas compounds were ...

That number is the first estimate of its kind as ... particularly when used in densely populated areas. Sarin, a nerve agent, can kill within minutes. Chlorine and mustard gas, weapons made infamous ...