Amid disturbing reports that Bashar al-Assad may be preparing to use chemical agents against insurgent opposition, the Obama administration is reiterating its position that such a step constitutes ...

Gas masks afford efficient protection and during the World War the importance of these gases decreased as the masks improved. Three cloud gas attacks against the Russians resulted in total casualties ...

Mixing bleach and ammonia makes chloramine gas, which causes coughing. Mixing bleach with an acidic cleaner releases chlorine gas, which was used as a chemical warfare agent in World War I.

EXCLUSIVE: Widely shared footage on Russian Telegram channels shows soldiers pulling on gas masks and plumes of smoke coming from military vehicles.

The era of modern chemical warfare began in World War I when a stalemate in trench warfare encouraged the use of poisonous gas. The practice was adopted by conflicts that followed, from the ...

As Los Angeles grew exponentially in the mid-1900s and the car became the apple of capitalism's eye, the smog arose and ...

Find out why Walt Disney, the man whose name has become synonymous with family entertainment, designed a Mickey Mouse gas mask for children.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The legacy of Soviet preparation has not only survived but thrived and stocks of gas masks, decontamination sets, and other chemical and biological defense ...

The Royal Society of Chemistry would welcome information about the life and descendants of Edward Harrison, a chemical scientist who gave his life to protect British troops from the horrors of gas ...

The group is trying to raise money to buy hundreds of gas masks to give out to Conyers residents still impacted by the smoke from the Rockdale County BioLab chemical fire.

Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons ...

Israeli troops in Lebanon found chemicals and gas masks in Hezbollah strongholds, possibly part of a plan to drug and abduct Israelis in cross-border raids, Hebrew media reported on Thursday. The ...