They found that there were traces of nerve gas and a blister agent in the gulf region.

A specially equipped vehicle detected what appeared to be a blistering agent.

That red coloring indicates the presence of a blister agent."

Most blister agents fall into one of three groups:

Mustard is a blistering agent that works to destroy different substances with cells of living tissue.

Blister agents, like mustard gas, can cause permanent lung damage if inhaled.

Russia retains some 40,000 tons of chemical warfare blister agents and nerve gas.

But tons of mustard gas, the searing blister agent, may still be at hand in Iraqi redoubts.

The computerized detection equipment aboard the vehicle identified mustard, a deadly blister agent.

(Certain nerve and blister agents go straight for the warm moisture of the eyes.)

Exposure to a weaponized blister agent can cause a number of life-threatening symptoms, including:

Even then, blistering agents, like mustard gas, adhere to surfaces and could be kicked up again by windblown sand.

Mustard gas is a blister agent that causes medical casualties by burning or blistering exposed skin, eyes and lungs.

Blister agents, including CR gas, are less often used riot control agents.

Allied intelligence officials have predicted that Iraq will use nerve gas or blister agents against American-led troops in a ground war.

During the war, the warring parties in the Balkans repeatedly accused each other of using chemical weapons, including nerve gas and blistering agents.

"The blistering agent the British threw at us is quite bad enough, but this stuff the Deutsche use- Have you seen those reports?"

A blister agent?

The entire village had been layered with blister agents, followed with conventional shells, but the tank commander reported no casualties.

All blister agents currently known are heavier than air, and are readily absorbed through the eyes, lungs, and skin.

In a series of raids, the Jordanians seized 20 tons of chemicals, including blistering agents and nerve gas.

Easy to Manufacture Easily manufactured poison gases are blister agents, such as mustard gas, which burns the skin and causes severe pain.

In these attacks, his army is believed to have used chemicals such as mustard gas, a blistering agent, and sarin, which attacks the nerve centers.

It outlawed all soring, which can include burns, cuts, injected chemicals and applications of caustic or blistering agents.