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Sarin (NATO designation GB [short for G-series, "B"]) is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound. [4] A colourless, odourless liquid, it is used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.
Sarin, which was one of the most toxic nerve agents in existence at the time, had the potential to be released in the air and in water supplies and to be added to food as a means of killing opponents. Sarin was used in chemical warfare by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. In 1993 the Chemical Weapons Convention banned sarin, labeling ...
Apr 5, 2017 · In 1993, the Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms-control treaty ratified, at present, by 192 states, banned sarin, classifying it as a Schedule-1 chemical. These are chemicals with “such lethal ...
- Amarnath Amarasingam
Sarin (military designation GB) is a nerve agent that is one of the most toxic of the known chemical warfare agents. It is generally odorless and tasteless. Exposure to sarin can cause death in minutes. A fraction of an ounce (1 to 10 mL) of sarin on the skin can be fatal. Nerve agents are chemically similar to organophosphate pesticides and ...
Mar 13, 2014 · Sarin, one of the world’s most lethal chemical weapons, has long been stockpiled but is rarely used by states or terrorists. Allegations of attacks on civilians in Syria, if substantiated, would ...
- Zachary Laub
Apr 7, 2017 · The chemical bomb attack that killed at least 86 people, including 28 children, in Syria on April 4 likely involved sarin, a deadly nerve agent, the Turkish Ministry of Health said in a statement.
Apr 26, 2013 · Sarin, also known as GB, is part of a class of chemical weapons called G-series nerve agents that were developed during World War Two and were named for the German scientists who synthesized them ...
