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blister agent |
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A chemical agent which injures the eyes and lungs, and burns or blisters the skin. Also called vesicant agent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| During the war, Czech chemical-weapons experts detected traces of nerve gas and a blister agent, leading Pentagon officials to theorize that the chemical agents may have been released as a result of a U. Furthermore, when Harold Jerome Edwards, the leader of a chemical detection team, tested the air after the explosion, he got a positive reading for a chemical blister agent. Smiths Detection's first responder solutions provide an unparalleled level of detection and identification of solids, liquids and gases, including: toxic industrial chemicals, suspicious white powders, illicit drugs, nerve and blister agents, weapons of mass destruction, volatile organic compounds, chemical warfare agents, explosives, pesticides, and flammables and non-flammables. |
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