Assignment

Throughout the history of global and civil wars, military forces have relied on various forms of chemicals to enhance the probability of successfully defeating the enemy, even at the risk of incurring casualties and deaths within allied forces. Name one toxic industrial chemical that has been employed during wartime efforts, and describe the impact of that chemical as well as the resulting Chemical Weapon Conventions that have been imposed to regulate the future use of such chemicals.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

According to your textbook, the 1993 World Trade Center bombers attempted to gain access to various chemicals they planned to use in the bombing of the World Trade Center. What actions did the terrorists take to acquire the chemicals? What chemicals did they plan to use, and how did they plan to deploy/use those chemicals?