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Journal Article
The Chemical Weapons Convention—disarmament, science and technology
2014
Overview
2014 marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I-the first war that saw the large-scale use of chemical weapons. Although poisons have been used in warfare for centuries, it was rapid advances in science and engineering and the rise of the modern chemical industry that made the mass production of toxic chemicals possible. The horrors of gas warfare led to the signing of the Geneva Protocol in 1925, which banned the use of \"asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases\" in war, but did not ban the production and stockpiling of chemical agents. Large arsenals containing nerve agents such as Sarin and VX were acquired during the years of the Cold War, these agents surpass the lethality of traditional World War I agents more than a thousand-fold. Tragically, chemical weapons were also used over much of the past century, most extensively during the Iran-Iraq War.
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Analysis of Chemicals Relevant to the Chemical Weapons Convention
/ Bans
/ Biological & chemical weapons
/ Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
/ Chemical Warfare - legislation & jurisprudence
/ Chemical Warfare - prevention & control
/ Chemical Warfare Agents - analysis
/ Chemical Warfare Agents - supply & distribution
/ Chemical Warfare Agents - toxicity
/ Chemistry and Materials Science
/ Chemistry Techniques, Analytical
/ Conferences, meetings and seminars
/ Humans
/ International Cooperation - history
/ International Cooperation - legislation & jurisprudence
/ Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
/ Poisons
/ Science
/ War
/ Warfare
/ Weapons
