3. Chemical Warfare Usage of toxic chemicals as weapons Support to overcome stalemate Commonly used: Chlorine Phosgene Mustard (First World War.com) SFGate.com
4. Introduction First used by the French: tear gas (Wikipedia) Second Battle of Ypres: debut of poison gas (First World War.com) clipart
5. The Poison Gases Chlorine Gas: first poison gas used Potentially deadly Causes violent coughs and chokes Phosgene gas: Less coughing but causes more inhaling Delayed effects Mustard Gas: Odorless chemical Internal and external blisters Contaminated soils (First World War.com)
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7. Effects - Geography Contaminated the environment Crops Dust in the soil Food contamination Civilians Deformations of babies Noblis
8. Usages By 1918 – wide usage (First World War.com) Less effective as time went Came up with counter measures Too many issues (Wikipedia) Today: outlawed Wikipedia
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