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Max Hauser
 
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"OmManiPadmeOmelet" in :
> In article >,
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>> Chlorine gas!

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> AKA, mustard gas I think?
> Used for chemical warfare in WW I or II?


No, "mustard" is bromobenzyl cyanide ("BBC") and much worse, I understand.
Nervous-system toxin. Both were used, and others, in the first world war.
Starting with the notorious Chlorine attack at Ypres in 1915, if I recall
right.

I had early experience with the mistake of combining household cleaners,
about age 7 (chlorinated kitchen cleanser and bleach) and saw chlorine gas
at the time and learned it was bad news.