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Mark I, Nerve Agent
Nerve agents are the most toxic of the known chemical warfare agents.
They are chemically similar to organophosphate pesticides and exert their
biological effects by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase enzymes.
- G-type agents are clear, colorless, and tasteless liquids that are
miscible in water and most organic solvents.
- GB (Sarin) is odorless and is the most volatile nerve agent;
however, it evaporates at about the same rate as water.
- GA (Tabun) has a slightly fruity odor, and
- GD (Soman) has a slight camphor-like odor.
- VX is a clear, amber-colored, odorless, oily liquid. It is miscible
with water and soluble in all solvents. It isthe least volatile nerve
agent.
The following materials are available for training or self study.
All materials are PDF files.
Please refer to protocol 2.6 "Nerve Agent Exposure" and Advisory
"Emergency change in 2.6 Nerve Agent Exposure Protocol" dated January 18,
2005 when providing this training.
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