Major Chemical and Biological Weapons
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Weapon: What is it? How it works: Lethal amount: How long can it survive: Symptoms: Treatment: Prevention:
Anthrax Bacteria. Likes to live in soil.  We become infected by touching or inhalation. One billionth of a gram. If kept in right conditions, it can survive for years. Flu-like symptoms, fever, and cough. Death can occur after 24 hours after symptoms. Antibiotics, including penicillin. Vaccine
VX Most lethal. Colorless and odorless liquid. Turns into gas after mixing with oxygen. VX stops the impulses along the nervous system, causing convulsions, respitory failure, and death. 10 milligrams 
(A drop).
NI Increased salvation, runny nose, coughing, nausea. NI Gas Mask, protective clothing.
Botulinum 
Toxin
Bacterium that develops in the absence of oxygen. The toxins blocks biochemical transmission in the nerves the move the muscles necessary for respiration, causing suffocation One billionth of a gram. Short life span after released. Dizziness, dry throat, blurred vision. Anti-toxins can be injected after exposure. Gas mask, protective clothing.
Mustard 
Gas
Pure- colorless and odorless liquid 
Mixed- 
brown and garlic-like smell.
Inhaling causes painful and everlasting blisters all over the body. NI NI Itchy skin, watery eyes, and burning feeling in the lungs. NI Gas mask.
Sarin A highly toxic gas that impairs the central nervous system. Sarin is mostly absorbed through the respitory tract. Toxicity can occur within minutes. 100 milligrams. NI Small amount- 
headache, inceased salvation, difficulty breathing. 
Large amount- 
Death to suffication.
NI Gas mask.
NI= no information found
 
 

References: CNN- Weapons Effects
 

 
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