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These agents are still used today as antidotes to organophosphorus nerve agent poisoning, including accidental poisoning by organophosphorus pesticides. en.wikipedia.org

Instead of a new insecticide, he accidentally discovered tabun, an enormously toxic organophosphate compound still sometimes stockpiled today as a nerve agent. en.wikipedia.org

The story of both the book and the film revolve around a deadly nerve agent composed by combining two different chemicals. en.wikipedia.org

Survivors of nerve agent poisoning almost invariably suffer chronic neurological damage. en.wikipedia.org

One contradiction to nerve agent exposure as a cause came in the symptoms of some of the sheep following the incident. en.wikipedia.org

Poisoning by a nerve agent leads to contraction of pupils, profuse salivation, convulsions, involuntary urination and defecation, and eventual death by asphyxiation as control is lost over respiratory muscles. en.wikipedia.org

We further assess that the regime used a nerve agent in the attack. en.wikipedia.org

One current application of bioactive paper can be applied to bioterrorism and food safety, as it can detect acetylcholinesterase, or a nerve agent. en.wikipedia.org

It is classified as a nerve agent because it fatally interferes with normal functioning of the mammalian nervous system. en.wikipedia.org

It is a nerve agent, interfering with normal functioning of the mammalian nervous system by inhibiting the cholinesterase enzyme. en.wikipedia.org

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