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    Chemical Agents



    Chemical Agents


    BIOTOXINS:

  • Abrin (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Brevetoxin (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Colchicine (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Digitalis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Ricin (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Saxitoxin (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Nicotine (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Strychnine (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Tetrodotoxin (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Trichothecene (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    BLISTER AGENTS/VESICANTS:

  • Mustard Gas (H) (Sulfur Mustard) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Nitrogen Mustard (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Lewisite (L, L-1, L-2, L-3) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Phosgene Oxime (CX) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    BLOOD AGENTS:

  • Arsine (SA) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Carbon Monoxide (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Cyanide (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Sodium monofluoroacetate (compound 1080 (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    CAUSTICS (ACIDS):

  • Hydrofluoric acid (hydrogen fluoride) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    CHOKING/LUNG/PULMONARY AGENTS:

  • Ammonia (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Bromine (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Chlorine (CL) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Hydrogen chloride (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Methyl bromide (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Methyl isocyanate (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Osmium tetroxide (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Phosgene (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Phosphine (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Phosphorus: elemental, white, or yellow (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Sulfuryl fluoride (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    INCAPACITATING AGENTS:

  • BZ (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Fentanyl and other opioids (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    LONG-ACTING ANTICOAGULANTS:

  • Super warfarin (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    METALS:

  • Arsenic (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Barium (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Organic Mercury (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Inorganic Mercury (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Elemental Mercury (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Thallium (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)


    NERVE AGENTS:


    G Agents:

  • Sarin (GB) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Soman (GD) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • Tabun (GA) (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

    V Agents:

  • VX (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

    Organic Solvents:

  • Benzene (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

    Toxic Alcohols:

  • Ethylene glycol (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

    Vomiting Agents:

  • Adamsite (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
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