Poisoned bullets

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Less common and unusual projectiles, such as exploding bullets saboted subcaliber bullets flare loads wax, rubber, plastic, and wooden bullets frangible bullets tear gas bullets and canisters baton rounds flechette cartridges poisoned bullets multiple loads shot loads for pistols and revolvers and other special purpose projectile types, are known and are occasionally encountered in forensic casework. 

A poisoned bullet containing about 38 mg of aconitin (a vegetable alkaloid 4 mg is a lethal dose) was manufactured in the former Soviet Union. 

There were some attempts to prohibit CWs by international agreement or law. Most of the early attempts were bilateral or unilateral agreements directed at the use of poisons. These included the 1675 agreement between France and Germany, signed in Strasbourg, to ban the use of poison bullets. 

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Attempts to outlaw the use of chemical weapons have been made for more than a century. The Brussels Declaration of 1874 prohibited the use of poisons and poisoned bullets during warfare, and signatories of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 additionally agreed... 

Historically, chemical warfare has sometimes been viewed at the very least with suspicion, and more often with a combination of terror and abhorrence. Chemical weapons were considered, and remain in the minds of most of us, uncivilized if not barbaric tools of war. As early as 1675, France and Germany both condemned the use of poisoned bullets in combat, and over the years, dozens of international treaties and declarations have been drafted to ban or limit their use. In this chapter we take a look at some of these attempts at disarmament and control, and speculate on not just the chances but even the desirability of treaties. 

Service (CWS). This unit had a staff of 75, including Capt. Winfred Lee Lewis, who oversaw development lewisite at CUA. Additionally, the toxins ricin and juglone were produced here as part of a poison-bullet development program that was reportedly initiated because of intelligence information that indicated the Germans were carrying out such work. See also AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. 

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