In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss chemical weapons in the news. Along the way, they cover the poisoning of the Skripals, the 4 generations of chemical weapons, binary agents, nerve agents and how they work, mustard gas, condiment wars, Fritz Haber, Buzz, organophosphates, SLUDGEM, the Sarin gas attack, VX and The Rock, North Korea, nerve agent symptoms and emergency treatments and more! So sit back, because your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to learn all about chemical weapons!

SOurces
1)https://www.newscientist.com/article/2163171-what-was-the-nerve-agent-used-to-poison-sergei-skripal/
2)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073128/
3) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/novichok-agent

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