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10 de may. de 2016 · Mustard gas victims sustain several medical conditions (pulmonary, dermal, ocular, neurological, and gastrointestinal disorders) in addition to psychiatric distress. Therefore, their QoL can be assessed from different aspects.
Mustard gases react with DNA, which interferes with cellular division and can lead to mutations. Mustard gases are extremely toxic and have powerful blistering effects on victims. Their alkylating capabilities make them strongly carcinogenic and mutagenic.
Sulfur mustard is known as “mustard gas,” “mustard agent,” or by the military designation “H” or “HD.” Sulfur mustard can be clear to yellow or brown when it is in liquid or solid form.
30 de ene. de 2015 · Far more soldiers were injured. Some 185,000 British and Empire service personnel were classed as gas casualties - 175,000 of those in the last two years of the war as mustard gas came into...
12 de ago. de 2020 · Caught in the surprise World War II air raid was the John Harvey, an American Liberty ship carrying a secret cargo of 2,000 mustard bombs to be used in retaliation if Hitler resorted to gas...
Although chemical weapons killed proportionally few soldiers in World War I (1914–1918), the psychological damage from “gas fright” and the exposure of large numbers of soldiers, munitions workers, and civilians to chemical agents had significant public health consequences.
On bare skin, 4 g–5 g of liquid mustard gas may constitute a lethal percutaneous dosage, while droplets of a few milligrams may cause incapacitation and significant skin damage and burns. Mustard liquid and vapour can penetrate clothing.
