From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (karen@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 11:01:33 MDT
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From: "Michael M. Butler" <mmb@spies.com>
> Permit me to observe, in PCR style:
>
>
> reports of same. One odd thing about a recent report of chemicals found
was
> that Lewisite appeared present--this came as a surprise to me and I am
> suspecting a false positive on some other thing, like a pesticide;
Lewisite
> was kind of primitive even in WWI.
>
^^^^ According to a book I have on hand on Chemical and Biological warfare,
Lewisite is "arguably one of the most important CW agents". and "In later
stages of World War I, a great effort was made to speed up production at a
factory near Cleveland, Ohio, but the plant was completed only shortly
before the war's end. Approximately 150 tons of Lewisite were shipped to
Europe by the time of the Armistice, but the agent was never used in battle,
and the supplies were unceremoniously dumped into the ocean". and
"Historical evidence has pointed to use of Lewisite by Japanese Imperial
troops against China during World War II...".
Lewisite acts similarly to mustard: "with Lewisite the skin commences
to redden at the end of 30 minutes; then erythema increases and spreads
rapidly".
Chemical and Biological Warfare by Eric Croddy published by Copernicus
Books (an imprint of Springer-Verlag) 2002.
--karen
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