In secret chemical weapons experiments conducted during World War II, the U.S. military exposed thousands of American troops to mustard gas. When those experiments were formally declassified in the ...

Let’s do a little ethical experiment here. In World War I, the Germans used mustard gas on civilians, and it helps them. Do you then decide, OK, we’re going to use mustard gas in civilians? What Trump ...

Tear gas tends to be classified as a “chemical irritant,” and the term itself, per the Centers for Disease Control, is often used interchangeably to refer to a variety of substances, including pepper ...

AL-MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT, Iraq -- U.N. inspectors have reported finding a batch of banned weapons in this week's search -- a dozen artillery shells still filled, as they have been for years, ...

To understand the predicament of World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas, take a look at what happened to another set of American veterans who were exposed to a different toxic chemical. Last ...

THE HAGUE, NetherlandsTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — An international investigative team said Thursday that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Islamic State ...

NEOSHO, Mo. -- A World War II veteran who says he was exposed to mustard gas experiments at a one-time southwestern Missouri military camp has had his disability claim denied for the fourth time in ...

BOSTON — State and federal officials worked Tuesday to decontaminate a clam boat anchored in isolation off Massachusetts after it dredged up old munitions containing mustard gas, severely sickening a ...

The Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is now home to rusting aircrafts being held for parts, but there is a concern that deadly mustard gas may have been buried in the area in 1945. "The chemical of concern ...