435: Disavowed- Nerve Agents and Chemical Weapons

Published: June 2, 2018, 5:04 p.m.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss chemical weapons in the news. Along the way, they cover the poisoning of the Skripals, the 4 generations of chemical weapons, binary agents, nerve agents and how they work, mustard gas, condiment wars, Fritz Haber, Buzz, organophosphates, SLUDGEM, the Sarin gas attack, VX and The Rock, North Korea, nerve agent symptoms and emergency treatments and more! So sit back, because your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to learn all about chemical weapons!

SOurces
1)https://www.newscientist.com/article/2163171-what-was-the-nerve-agent-used-to-poison-sergei-skripal/
2)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073128/
3) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/novichok-agent

Contact Us!
Twitter: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfro
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travelmedicinepodcast
Squarespace: https://www.travelmedicinepodcast.squarespace.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast
Google Voice: (872) 216-1586

Find and Review Us on itunes, stitcher, spokeo, google play, or wherever podcasts are available
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episodes-travel-medicine-podcast/id914407095
stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/travel-medicine-podcast?refid=stpr
Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iebqxcseb4s6pu5sjyljwgqsbuy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr4fcpX27x2vcJT_zJq6qiBy0pK8WiEXe

Supporting us monthly has all sorts of perks! You get ad free episodes, bonus musical parody, behind the scenes conversations not available to regular folks and more!! Your support helps us to pay for more guest interviews, better equipment, and behind the scenes people who know what they are doing! https://plus.acast.com/s/travelmedicinepodcast.



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.