Initial Idea Research- Chemical Warfare

Once we found a possible location (the Klinger Factory) we started working on our storyline. Since we were considering using a factory we decided to look into Chemical warfare to see if it was still relevant today and look into the idea that dangerous chemical were made in the factory.

Chemical Warfare

Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons

Used in terrorism- Recent cases-

• Early 2007 multiple terrorist bombings were reported in Iraq using chlorine gas. The attacks wounded or sickened more than 350 people. Bombers linked to Al-Qaeda in Iraq and have used bombs of various sizes up to chlorine tanker trucks. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks as, "clearly intended to cause panic and instability in the country."
• On October 26, 2002, Russian special forces used a chemical agent (presumably KOLOKOL-1, an aerosolized fentanyl derivative), as a precursor to an assault on Chechen terrorists, ending the Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis. All 42 of the terrorists and 120 of the hostages were killed during the raid; all but one hostage, who was killed, died from the effects of the agent.

Used in war.

• The Hague Declaration of 1899 and the Hague Convention of 1907 forbade the use of "poison or poisonous weapons" in warfare, but more than 124,000 tons of gas was produced by the end of World War I. The French were the first to use chemical weapons during the First World War, using tear gas. Chlorine gas was common. Official figures state about 1,176,500 non-fatal casualties and 85,000 fatalities directly caused by chemical warfare agents during the course of the war.
• After the war, most of the unused German chemical warfare agents were dumped into the Baltic Sea, a common disposal method among all the participants in several bodies of water. Over time, salt water causes the shell casings to corrode, and mustard gas occasionally leaks from these containers and washes onto shore as a wax-like solid resembling whale sick. Even in this solidified form, the agent is active enough to cause severe burns to anybody coming into contact with it

Syria threatens Chemical Warfare-2012

Mustard Gas used in WW1

Effects of Chemical Warfare

Chemical warfare agents can be classified by their effects on the body. These agents are

blood, choking, blister, and nerve.

• Blood agents interfere with the transfer of oxygen, suffocating the victim. Hydrogencyanide is a blood agent which kills quickly and dissipates quickly.
• Choking agents damage the lungs.
• Blister agents cause painful blisters on the skin and are especially damaging when inhaled.
• Nerve agents attack the nervous system, causing difficulty in breathing, nausea, dim vision, convulsions, and death.

Chemical Effects