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Category: Poisons
Posted on: October 19, 2007 8:09 PM, by Molecule of the Day
Lewisite is nasty stuff - it's a compound of arsenic with two labile chlorines. As I mentioned yesterday, BAL is its antidote.
Lewisite is a chemical weapon from a particularly brutal era in this regard, and you hear about it a lot less these days. However, there's still plenty floating around...
Have a good weekend.
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If you are interested in learning more about lewisite pleae see my book: Dew of Death: The Story of Lewisite, America's World War I Weapon of Mass Destruction
Posted by: Joel Vilensky | October 20, 2007 7:22 AM