Nerve Gas Found at United Nations

posted August 30, 2007 - 6:33pm

Nerve Gas Found at United Nations

Thursday August 30th, 2007
Weapons inspectors at the United Nations found about six vials of phosgene, a dangerous nerve gas, while cleaning out U.N. building offices in New York just this morning. The vials were most likely obtained from the main chemecial weapon facility and Iraq 11 years ago.

It has been said that there is no danger or risk.

There was no evacuation. The U.S. authorities got rid of the hazerdous chemicals.

The state of the phosgene is unknown as of now, but has the potential to be harmful. The substance was mixed in with oil.

World war I saw the most phosgene. It was used as a nerve gas to choke people. The gas and the liquid of the chemical can cause damage to many parts of the body.

The phosgene was not a gas, but a liquid. The container was about the size of a can of soda. There was also a bag holding the soda can sized container. The bag had other liquid substances in it that are unknown. They were all in various types of containers as well.

The authorities do know that the bag was from the gatherings of an inspection in 1996.

The FBI came in on Thursday to remove and rid of the toxic substance. Luckily there were no vapors going around. So there is no danger presumed.

Each one of the other containers in the bag were about the size of vials or pens. Typically containers this size are used for samples of substances.

It was discovered that the chemicals originated in a chemical weapons facility. The location was Muthana, Iraq.

The substance phosgene, was used in Iraq to help calibrate the sampling of air.

The problem here is, the vials of this chemical were supposed to be disposed of.

Phosgene is a poisonous chemical when at room temperature. In a gas form it is colorless, and its odor resembles that of new mown hay.

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Author: DeDom

Comments

Phosgene

jdubhub - Fri, 2007-31-8 4:57 am

Phosgene gas is actually not that hard to produce. All you need is to expose the refrigerant found in air conditioning units to an open flame, which we were cautioned against when I was an engineer in the Navy and worked on the ship's AC plants. Yes, phosgene is bad if inhaled or it comes in contact with skin. No, it is not a nerve agent on par with VX or Sarin gas, however. If it were, refrigerants would be more closely regulated. Here is some more information on the refrigerant-phosgene connection: "Uses: Phosgene - COCl2 is used in organic synthesis, in manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals, herbicides, insecticides, synthetic foams, resins, and polymers. Phosgene is a lung irritant and extremely toxic. It is also produced in the presence of refrigerants that are drawn through a heat source, refrigeration technicians should take extreme caution and prevent the exposure by making sure that smoking is avoided in the presence of refrigerants and preventing inhalation of the gas when soldering or brazing. Also called CARBONYL CHLORIDE, a colourless, chemically reactive, highly toxic gas having an odour like that of musty hay, used in making organic chemicals, dyestuffs, polycarbonate resins, and isocyanates for making polyurethane resins. It first came into prominence during World War I, when it was used, either alone or mixed with chlorine, against troops. Inhalation causes severe lung injury, the full effects appearing several hours after exposure. First prepared in 1811, phosgene is manufactured by the reaction of carbon monoxide and chlorine in the presence of a catalyst. It can be formed by the thermal decomposition of chlorinated hydrocarbons; e.g., when carbon tetrachloride (q.v.) is used as a fire extinguisher. Gaseous phosgene, which has a density about three and one-half times that of air, liquefies at a temperature of 8.2° C (46.8° F); it is usually stored and transported as the liquid under pressure in steel cylinders or as a solution in toluene. With water, phosgene reacts to form carbon dioxide and hydrochloric acid." Source _______________________________________________________ "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it doth prosper, none dare call it treason." -Sir John Harrington, 1561-1612