Sarin

Suren is a deadly nerve agent used in chemical warfare this man-made substance originally developed as a pesticide in Germany was banned under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention it attacks the body's nervous system and is so toxic that a single drop can kill a human being within minutes unless treated sarin is a clear odorless and tasteless liquid which mixes easily with water this means it can be used to make poison or contaminate food it also evaporates into gas form once released into the atmosphere it spreads contaminating those who inhale it symptoms of mild exposure include headaches blurred vision breathing difficulties vomiting and diarrhea exposure to high doses can lead to loss of consciousness paralysis respiratory failure and ultimately death in 1988 some 5,000 people died when Saddam Hussein's regime carried out a sarin attack on the Kurdish village of Halabja in northern Iraq 65,000 were left with severe injuries such as skin and respiratory diseases in Japan 13 people were killed and thousands injured in 1995 in a sarin gas attack on Tokyo's Metro

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Length: 1min 15sec (75 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 22 2013