What are chemical agents?
Chemicals are chemical compounds that are designed to cause unpleasant or fatal symptoms in humans. There are a number of different types of chemicals that work in different ways, from chemicals designed for use in a deadly chemical war to the crowd control agents that have not temporarily caused. Access to these chemicals is firmly restricted, due to concerns about what could happen if the chemicals got into the wrong hands and the suspicious presence of chemicals in the hostile nation was used as an excuse for the international inspection and even war. The ancient Greek wars' accounts describe the use of plastic ships filled with harmful substances and sailed into the enemy ranks to deactivate them. As the knowledge of chemistry increased in the 19th and 20th centuries, the sophistication of chemicals has also increased. World War II saw the use of several chemical weapons in trenches, with many soldiers injured or killed by substances such as mustard gas.
After the First World War, several nations recognized the potential threat of chemicals and realized that they could be used with deadly consequences in the war. Chemical agents do not discriminate between a friend and an enemy or a warrior and a civilian, and in the First World War there were several cases where units were accidentally grown or civilian population. As a result of these concerns, several bans of chemical weapons were approved, and the signatories agreed to delay or in stock of chemicals for military use.
In order to observe such prohibitions, most nations use the classification system to identify chemicals. Chemicals in the first class have no other than chemical weapons and these chemicals are often explicitly prohibited.IROKA range of use, including potential military applications. Companies that produce chemicals in second and third grade may be required to keep careful cards about who they sell their chemicals and the volume of their sales.
Actions of chemicals are quite diverse. Some attack the pulmonary system, causing people suffocating to death, while others raise blisters on the skin and lungs when inhaled. Chemical agents can also disrupt the production of proteins in the body, attack the nervous system or temporarily pollute people. Many police forces use short -acting chemicals that are designed for use in riots and crowds to suppress the crowd without causing permanent damage; Tears of gas is an example of a chemical agent that could be used in such circumstances.