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Tabun

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Tabun
A potent cholinesterase inhibitor that phosphorylates a reactive serine residue of acetyl cholinesterase, which affects nerves, muscles, and glands
Lethal dose 0.01 mg/kg

tabun
an organophosphorus compound used as a war gas.


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The stockpile includes between 2,500-5,000 tons of mustard gas, phosgene, blood agents, sarin, tabun and persistent nerve agents and can be delivered by long-range artillery, missiles, aircraft and naval vessels, it said.
The reconstruction suggests that the pelvis of the Tabun Neandertal was widest from side to side all the way down the birth canal, more like that of Homo erectus or australopithecines than modern humans.
Members of the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high-explosive (CBRNE) defense community have warned for years about the possible use of toxic industrial chemicals such as chlorine, which may not be as deadly as the weaponized gases such as sarin, VX or tabun, but are easier to acquire.
 
 
 
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