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From Chemical Weapon to Chemotherapy, 1917–1946
As ships in the harbor sank, men threw themselves into water poisoned by the Harvey’s secret cargo: 2,000 mustard gas bombs. Sailors were drenched in liquid mustard gas, or sulfur mustard, which ...
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WWI Centenary: The first world war saw the birth of modern chemical weapons, with poison gas and mustard gas spreading terror
They also had a deep psychological impact, forcing soldiers to keep masks at the ready for fear ... But the most infamous - and deadliest - was mustard gas, in reality an oily vapour first used ...