CHEMICAL_WARFARE

CHEMICAL WARFARE Nerve Agents Health Effects. Nerve agents include physostigmine (reversible) and organophosphorus (irreversible) cholinesterase inhibitors, which disable enzymes responsible for the transmission of nerve impulses. Initial incapacitating effects of organophosphorus agents occur within 1-10 minutes of exposure, and death occurs within 15 minutes for Tabun, Sarin, and Soman and from 4-42 hours for VX. Agents Include: Tabun (NATO military designation, GA) Sarin (NATO military designation, GB) Soman (NATO military designation, GD) GF (Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate) VX (Methylphosphonothioic acid S-(2-(bis(1-methylethyl)amino)ethyl) O-ethyl ester) GE (Phosphonofluoridic acid, ethyl-, isopropyl ester) VE (Phosphonothioic acid, ethyl-, S-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl) O-ethyl ester) VG (Amiton) VM (Phosphonothioic acid, methyl-, S-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl) O-ethyl ester) Blister/Vesicant Agents Health Effects. Vesicant agents cause blisters on skin and damage the eyes, mucous membranes, respiratory tract, and internal organs. Through chemical processes, mustard agents destroy different substances within cells of living tissue. Initial effects are somewhat agents, effects, include, ester, acid, within, respiratory, o-ethyl, nato, mustards, military, hours, health, designation, death, cause, vx, variable, tract, through, tabun, soman, sarin, s-2-diethylaminoethyl, rapid, pulmonary, phosphonothioic, phosgene, organophosphorus, occur, minutes, initial, exposure, ethyl, delayed, damage