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An introduction to the political, legal and historical aspects of chemical warfare (CW) is provided. Principal CW agents and various environmental and health aspects associated with their use, storage and destruction are identified and selected future challenges are considered.
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Hart, J. (2009). Background to Selected Environmental and Human Health Effects of Chemical Warfare Agents. In: Kassim, T.A., Barceló, D. (eds) Environmental Consequences of War and Aftermath. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 3U. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87963-3_1
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