Nerve agents sarin

In the early 1990s, leaders of Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese religious cult that in 1995 attacked riders on the Tokyo subway with a sarin nerve agent, made numerous trips to Russia.The group s leader in charge of weapons procurement made 21 trips to Russia between 1992 and 1995. Group leaders frequently met with senior government officials, such as the secretary of Russian Security Council, the Parliament speaker, and vice... 

Cult members of the Aum Shinrikyo in Japan released sarin nerve agent on the subway in March 1995, killing a dozen people and causing more than a thousand injuries. In terms of its overall lethality, the use of nerve agent in this case was limited. But it certainly was a case of chemical terrorism. Similarly, looking at... 

Because its ubiquity, perhaps it is only a matter of time before a terrorist group successfully uses cyanide in an attack. It should be borne in mind, however, that a substantial amount of HCN is required to cause death in most humans. For example, approximately 2,500-5,000 mg-minute/m is estimated to be the median lethal concentration (Baskin Brewer, 1997), compared to 100 mg-minute/m for sarin nerve agent (Sidell, 1997). One should also expect that successful attacks employing HCN, like other volatile agents, demand large quantities of agent and enclosed spaces. Even under such... 

Damodaran T.V., Jones, K.H., Patel, A.G., Ahou-Donia, M.B. (2003). Sarin (nerve agent GB)-induced differential expression of mRNA coding for the acetylcholinesterase gene in rat central nervous system. Biochem. Pharmacol. 65 2041-7. 

Brief but informative site on sarin nerve agent. Describes sarin, its history as a terrorist agent, protective equipment, and dosage effects. Nice bibliography and links to other sites with reference documents on sarin. 

Unprepared and unprotected emergency personnel caring for sarin nerve agent victims. 

When the site at Khamisiyah was demolished with explosives, the blast released sarin nerve agent in a plume. However, the levels of agent in the air would have been of very low concentration, and none of the personnel known to be in the immediate vicinity showed any symptoms of nerve agent exposure. Furthermore, computer models generated by the CIA were probably overestimating the original amount of nerve agent involved, as well as the size of area covered by the plume. 

GB sarin (nerve agent) SCWO supercritical water oxidation... 

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