The gas is a vesicant, or blister-agent, causing redness and itching of the skin that results in yellow, pus-filled blisters. Because mustard gas strips away the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose ...

Mustard gas can burn skin, cause blisters and cause respiratory effects, such as coughing and bronchitis. Higher levels may cause death. It is also more harmful to the skin on hot, ...

Mustard gas is a blister agent, which limits its appeal as a weapon because it is less likely to prove deadly than nerve agents like sarin and VX. But depending on the level of exposure, ...

Mustard, known as a blister agent, causes chemical burns at the cellular level. Contact with mustard causes painful, long-lasting blisters to form on the skin and the mucous membranes.

Mustard gas lingers for days, making soldier’s skin break out in blisters and burning their eyes, noses, and lungs. When exposed to a lethal amount of the gas, a person could still take weeks to ...

Nurses wear gas masks in Germany during World War I. Mustard gas, used to burn and blister soldiers in the war, turned out to have beneficial effects when fighting cancer. Chemotherapy is a ...

The gas is produced by burning sulfur and makes corrosive gas that blisters skin and lungs and can cause severe burns. In Syria’s five-year civil war, both ISIS and President Bashar al-Assad are ...

Marine Biologist and Deep Sea News blogger Dr. Alistair Dove discusses recent cases of exposure to dumped WWII-era mustard gas among those involved in the clamming industry. ... You want mustard with ...

ATLANTIC CITY — State and federal officials worked today to decontaminate an Atlantic City-based clam boat anchored in isolation off Massachusetts after it dredged up old munitions laced with ...

A new partnership could result in the first eye drop treatment for mustard gas exposure. Original image via Depositphotos. 2 / 2. ... meaning it causes oozing blisters.

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BOSTON — A Massachusetts doctor treating a commercial fisherman sickened after his boat pulled up canisters of chemicals says tests show he was exposed to mustard gas.