| 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. |
References: CNN-
Weapons Effects