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Research from New York University broadens understanding of life sciences
May 18th, 2008
"The first large-scale use of a traditional weapon of mass destruction (chemical, biological, or nuclear) involved the successful deployment of chemical weapons; during World War I (1914-1918)," researchers in the United States report. "Historians now refer to the Great War as the chemist's war because of the scientific and engineering mobilization efforts by the major belligerents. The development, production, and deployment of war gases such as chlorine, phosgene, and mustard created a new and complex public health threat that endangered not only soldiers and civilians on the battlefield but also chemical workers on the home front involved in the large-scale...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2008-05-18)
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