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09 Apr 08, 23:59
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Real Name: Mark Pajak
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Mustard gas burns
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10 Apr 08, 02:41
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Real Name: Heather Lockhart
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I once read an account of a guy who had been gassed and reached his hand down his throat to make it feel better, but he was ripping out tissue as well. His mates had to restrain him!
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10 Apr 08, 03:10
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Real Name: Pat
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Mustard Gas is blister agent. It is used as a persistent incapacitant. It is usually delivered in aerosol form. Detector paper will turn red if exposed to droplets of blister agent. The CHAM will detect blister agents. Upon suspected exposure adopt MOPP 4 and carry out decontam drills.
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10 Apr 08, 14:19
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Trained with it in Basic. Very unpleasant. Known as "Lewisite" to our British brethren.
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19 Apr 08, 19:07
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Real Name: Guess...
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I don't know much about Mustard Gas but there is one thing I know, it's very durable; I know a professor of World War One who was visiting the battlefield of Verdun, when he was there he saw a woman who was picking up empty shells when she noticed that her arms were boiling...
In other words, Mustard Gas dilutes onto the ground a hundred years ago is still potent enough to infect a person's skin...
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19 Apr 08, 21:16
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Real Name: Mike
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Location: Ill
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There are pockets of it in some places marked off in Europe.
We trained with CS and even chlorinein basic.
We trained to treat for blister agents.
Never heard of any being physically present in a training environment.
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19 Apr 08, 22:51
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Real Name: DH Pence
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One of the nastiest things about any blister agent is that when the blisters burst, they often spread the agent to unaffected areas as well as leaving the underlying tissue extremely sensitive to infection.
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