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Sigma KEE - ChokingAgent
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ChokingAgent
ChemicalAgents designed to cause the lungs to fill with fluid, which can result in the victim choking to death. ChokingAgents are heavy gases that are less effective than other ChemicalAgents because they can be easily dissipated by a slight wind.
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Parents ChemicalAgent Synthetic compounds that are not an analogue of anything occurring naturally and that can result in serious burns, paralysis, and death to Organisms.
Children ChlorineGasA poisonous gas.
 ChloropicrinPoisonous gas which has effects similar to tear gas. If ingested, the gas causes gastroenteritis.
 DiphosgeneA poisonous gas that irritates the lungs and that is similar to Phosgene.
 PhosgeneA colorless, extremely toxic gas. It is regarded as the most dangerous of the ChemicalAgents. Deaths resulting from exposure to this ChemicalAgent generally occur in 24 to 48 hours.


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