Safe 'Green' Decontamination Method Detoxifies Nerve Agents In Chemical Weapons And Pesticides Apr 12, 2008
Recently completed testing by an independent European defence corporation has shown the researchers method to be greater than 99 per cent effective when used on the deadly nerve agents Tabun, Soman and VX.. When tested in solution, full destruction of all three agents was achieved in less than 30 seconds. (Science Daily)
ABCNEWS: White House, FBI Agents Race to Disrupt 'Summer of '07' Threat... Jul 12, 2007
The Blotter: White House, FBI Agents Race to Disrupt 'Summer of '07' Threat. TOP BLOTTER CATEGORIES. (The Drudge Report)
Prepared for the worst Mar 31, 2007
In Wednesday's exercise, soldiers had located what appeared to be a nerve agent known as Tabun on the second level of the Slime Plant. Murphy said though the chemical is manufactured, it is rarely found and hard to come by. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Bush's November surprise Nov 9, 2006
Rumsfeld met with Hussein in December 1983 and returned again on March 24, 1984 -- the very same day the United Nations released a report that Iraq had committed war crimes by using mustard gas and tabun nerve agent against Iranian troops. "American diplomats pronounce themselves satisfied with Iraq and the United States, and suggest that normal diplomatic ties have been established in all but name," the New York Times reported five days later. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Plans up in smoke Oct 12, 2006
In 1984 reports say Iraq uses the nerve agent Tabun. Gassing the Kurds ::: March 1988 Iraq uses chemical weapons against its own population during an attack on the rebellious Kurdish city of Halabja. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Alzheimer's Medication Shows Promise In Treating Nerve Agent And Pesticide Poisoning Aug 10, 2006
(February 7, 2002) -- Because of concerns about terrorists one day using such deadly nerve agents as sarin, soman, tabun and VX, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientist is urging the government and medical. . (Science Daily)
Canada under attack: A nightmare foretold Jul 4, 2006
The passengers do not know that the gas, Tabun, can kill by inhalation or contact with skin within 20 minutes ... Tabun, a gas created in 1937 and used by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War, belongs to a group of toxic and infectious agents for which Canada no longer has a vaccine or antidote, says a Montreal newspaper, citing anonymous sources within the federal government ... Yet another asked, "Why on earth does Canada not have an antidote to Tabun any more? Of all the neurotoxic agents, isn't it... (Toronto Star -- Opinion)
