#chemical-weapons — Public Fediverse posts
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"This Podcast Will Kill You", | Ep 207 Tear Gas: How can a chemical weapon be “humane”?
Short answer It can't.
Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-hfuqh-2cd0a0b1
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Hoo boy.
#JerseyShore #Atlantic #Commercial #Fishing #UXO #ChemicalWeapons #Offshore #disposalJersey Shore fishermen face another threat at sea. Chemical weapons dumped decades ago. - nj.com https://share.google/E4y6WVoRYx4wYpZQl
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"The overlap between widespread exposure to war remnants and the emergence of unusual health conditions raises urgent questions about long-term effects, particularly for future generations."
#WarCrimes #IsraelWarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
#WesternComplicity #Trauma #ChemicalWeapons #Children #Futuricide
War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Generation of Mothers and Their Babies in Gaza | Truthout
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Global pariah tear gassing children again....
#Israel #WestBank #HumanRights #ChemicalWeapons #Colonialism
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Maimed, Deafened, Blinded
Fired at close enough range, so-called less lethal rounds easily kill or maim.
“Less Lethal Specialty Munitions” =
chlorobenzalmalononitrile - CS - chemical weapon used by U.S. on Vietnam is banned for military use; oleoresin capsicum - OC - derived from chili peppers.https://theintercept.com/2026/04/03/less-lethal-chemical-weapons-tear-gas-protests/?
#Capitalism #CBP #ChemicalWeapons #DHS #ICEout #Protests #TearGas
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The Destruction of Nature is a Cost of War
by Ci Davis
We have become accustomed to seeing the human impacts of war, from starvation in Sudan to the almost 100,000 killed in Gaza, but most people will be less familiar with the environmental impacts. On February 28th, another Middle East war broke out when the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran. In the first few hours, the Supreme Leader was killed, followed by the bombing of a school, killing 150 Iranian schoolgirls, and soon after, columns of smoke began to rise from targeted hits on petrochemical infrastructures.
Over the past three weeks, oil refineries, gas fields, tankers, nuclear facilities, desalination plants, oil storage tanks, air bases, and industrial areas have all been attacked. The water, marine and toxic-air pollution are a consequence of the smoke from the multiple infernos, from the widely dispersed toxic fragments, and from the many chemicals and heavy metals that escape into the soil and water, caused by thousands of bomb and missile strikes
The human and environmental costs of another war prompted two protests in Sheffield. On 21st March, 150 people demonstrated outside the Town Hall to call for an end to the war on Iran and also made connections with other current conflicts, including Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine and Cuba.
Our media tends to represent the environmental impacts of war as collateral damage, an unfortunate side effect, but really, they are a deliberate and targeted means of disrupting the lives of people by making their connection to land fragile or even untenable. No clearer example exists than the use of Agent Orange to defoliate the forests of Vietnam that left millions of Vietnamese and hundreds of thousands of US veterans with multigenerational health disorders and birth defects. Environmental harm is one of the ways that war impacts lives that can last many decades.
The environmental impacts of war cannot be separated from the environmental costs of the military machine itself, which is responsible for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, which rose by a staggering 9.4% in 2024. The US military is the largest institutional emitter of GHGs that are responsible for climate change, burning 270000 barrels of oil daily. Countries are not required to produce figures for the wartime emissions, but recently it is estimated that the war in Ukraine has produced 237 million tonnes of CO2, the Gaza conflict 32 million tonnes and in the first 5 days of the Iran war 5 million tonnes. At a time when all countries should be doing everything to reduce climate and environmental damage, the resort to war is escalating the harm.
Apocalyptic images, showing clouds of black toxic smoke blocking out the sun over Tehran, following the bombings of local oil depots on 7th March, are haunting. The oily residues, soot and sulphur-laden smoke, combined with a rare rainstorm, produced acid rain, causing immediate respiratory impacts with a lasting health legacy. For people who had already experienced chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war, this environmental warfare was experienced as chemical warfare again.
Impact of War on the Environment Author: Sayedqudrathashimy1991 Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe Middle East is experiencing the climate crisis through water insecurity. The conflict in Syria, which displaced 1.5 million people between 2007 and 2010, was in part precipitated by drought. There are clear parallels to Iran today. After six years of drought, the water supply to Tehran was at just 11% capacity, and the shortage of water to drink or to supply agriculture contributed to protests in January 2026. War is exploiting this suffering, with all parties having targeted water and sewerage systems that, if continued, threaten to displace people throughout the region, as well as causing severe health impacts.
Most of us will be familiar with the skeletons of buildings and mountains of debris from TV images of Gaza. The 61 million tonnes of rubble are laden with asbestos, unexploded weapons, dead bodies, and untreated sewerage that has rendered the land unfit for agriculture. The clearance will take decades and burn through hundreds of thousands more tonnes of fossil fuel, and we are seeing the same thing being repeated across Iran and the Gulf.
Years after wars end, the land, air and sea will remain contaminated. Thankfully, the deliberate targeting of the environment is becoming recognised in International Law as a war crime or ecocide and can be punished under the ICC’s Rome Statute. If it is demonstrated that the military intentionally launched an attack, knowing that it will cause long-term severe damage to the natural environment, that is excessive to the military advantage anticipated, then prosecutions may follow.
As the war drags on, it risks total destruction of the oil-fields, spillage of nuclear material, and depleted Uranium contamination. These huge environmental threats will have global impacts, experienced as economic shocks and agricultural losses, threatening food security. War demonstrates our intimate connection with the land and the importance of environmental protection.
Most people oppose the war, the use of UK bases in support of it, and sending the military to the Middle East. We should make our voices heard, calling upon world leaders to respond to our opposition and pull back from the brink, for the sake of people and the planet.
For more information on what you can do, contact: [email protected]
References
Gayle, D. (2025, May 31). What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/what-is-ecocide-and-could-it-become-a-under-international-law
Gayle, D. (2026, March 20). From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/down-to-earth-iran-us-israeli-war-environmental-destruction
Holmes, O., Gayle, D., & Ahmedzade, T. (2026, March 23). Tehran’s toxic cloud: Satellite images show oily fires burned for days. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/tehran-toxic-cloud-satellite-image-oil-fires
Meadway, J. (2026, January 15). How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests
Moneer, Z. (2026, March 22). Water Infrastructure Has Become a Target in Modern Warfare. Earth.Org. https://earth.org/from-lifeline-to-strategic-weapon-how-water-infrastructure-becomes-a-target-in-armed-conflicts/
Neimark, B., & Mackintosh, K. (2025, November 4). How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.4yt3f6ys7
New data reveals the Military Emissions Gap is growing wider. (2025, November 6). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/new-data-reveals-the-military-emissions-gap-is-growing-wider/
Palmer, M. G. (2005). The legacy of agent orange: Empirical evidence from central Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 60(5), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.037
Photos: Dire water shortages pile misery on Gaza’s starving population. (n.d.). Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 March 2026, from https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/8/4/unprecedented-water-crisis-in-gaza-amid-israeli-induced-starvation
The US-Israel war on Iran and how war and conflict are destroying the environment. (2026, March 19). Greenpeace International. https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/82201/iran-lebanon-war-environment-climate-impacts/
Three days of Operation Epic Fury: Rapid overview of environmental harm in Iran and the region. (2026, March 3). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/three-days-of-operation-epic-fury-rapid-overview-of-environmental-harm-in-iran-and-the-region/
#AcidRain #AgentOrange #ChemicalWeapons #Cuba #DepletedUranium #environment #Gaza #GreenhouseGas #Iran #Iraq #Lebanon #nuclear #Oil #sewage #SheffieldAntiWarCoalition #Sudan #Ukraine #Vietnam #War #Water -
This looks a fascinating collection of pieces about the history of the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention and the @opcw - and it's available #OpenAccess !
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-98854-7
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"Citing national security, an unusual executive order gave protection to the herbicide #Roundup. It also protected the U.S.’s only supply of a controversial, highly flammable munition."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/climate/bayer-white-phosphate-glyphosate-roundup-trump-executive-order-munition.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SFA.AIjA.0PHmj-J88VPB&smid=url-share
#pesticides #glyphosate #whitePhophorus #Bayer #BayerMonsanto #Monsanto #lobbies #USpol #Trump #chemicalWeapons #armesChimiques #phosphoreBlanc #lobbys #écocide -
Iranians are continuing to take to the internet to explain how the regime under both Ali Khamemei & Ruhollah Khomeini resisted the urge for Iran to develop its own chemical weapons during the war with Iraq.
Iraq, with the backing of the West, committed countless war crimes gassing civilians.
EVEN during those conditions Khomeini & Khamemei remained steadfast AGAINST developing and deploying weapons of mass destruction.
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Why did Russia kill Navalny with a lethal frog toxin? The Kremlin never intended to get caught.
Five European countries confirmed through independent testing that Alexey Navalny was poisoned.
Why would Russia use an exotic poison to assassinate an imprisoned opposition leader? Where did the Kremlin get the toxin?
Meduza spoke with biochemist and chemical weapons expert Marc-Michael Blum, former head of the OPCW laboratory.
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Following the temporary restraining order issued against federal agents’ use of teargas and other “less lethals” for 14 days, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has submitted arguments and evidence in support of a lawsuit brought forth by ACLU of Oregon on behalf of protesters and journalists that challenges violations of the First Amendment and the use of excessive force by federal agents outside the Portland ICE building.
The evidence shows that federal agents tear gassed protesters, including children, elderly folks, disabled people, and pets, repeatedly during the weekend of January 31.
They are urging the court to issue a preliminary injunction against federal agents' “unlawful use of tear gas, pepper balls, and other crowd-control munitions.”
The district court will hold a three-day hearing on the preliminary injunction motion, which will begin on March 2.
Thread from the weekend in question here:
https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/115992642852082848And here: https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/115998976092458588
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Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America that is not found naturally in #Russia, they said.
The countries said in a joint statement that “Russia had the means, motive & opportunity to administer this poison.” They said they were reporting Russia to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [#OPCW] for a breach of the #ChemicalWeapons Convention.
#AlexeiNavalny #Navalny #law #InternationalLaw #murder #authoritarianism #MafiaState #Putin
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New- article from this past weekend is out now where a rally organized by a coalition of labor unions and community members turned violent when federal agents unleashed tear gas, rubber bullets, and other munitions on Portlanders, including young children, highlighting the deepening militarization of law enforcement and the community’s unwavering resistance.
I spoke with multiple people who were on the ground, including a street medic who said “I’ve been working in this field for over 8 years now and I’ve seen a lot of shit, but that was truly one of the most terrible things I’ve witnessed and I never thought that I’d have to see actual children getting gassed like that, but here we are I suppose.”
“This couple with a stroller emerged from the cloud with their maybe 2 or 3 year old daughter sitting barely conscious in that stroller. The parents were coughing and could barely walk, couldn’t see anything, this poor little girl was covered in her own vomit and sputum and mucus was pouring from her nose. She was just sitting there barely conscious, wheezing heavily, barely breathing through the wheezing…”
The medic told me that they had treated at least four children that day, adding "I’m never ever going to forget the sounds of those kids wailing in pain hacking up a lung in full panic mode. It was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my 8+ years of street medicine and EMS work."
https://www.wewillfreeus.org/portlands-labor-against-ice-march-faces-brutal-federal-response/
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TRO against federal agents use of force has been GRANTED!
There was a hearing today where a judge ruled in favor of and granted a temporary restraining order against the feds in Portland, OR using chemical weapons and excessive force after multiple lawsuits were filed after this weekend, including from a march of over 5,000 people on Saturday where young children got teargassed, and Sunday night where over 500 people protested at the ICE facility and without warning the feds gassed a large portion of the city.
The TRO blocks federal officers from using “chemical or projectile munitions,” including pepper balls, tear gas and other crowd control munitions “unless the specific target of such a weapon or device poses an imminent threat of physical harm to a law enforcement officer or other person.”
“In a well-functioning constitutional democratic republic, free speech, courageous newsgathering, and nonviolent protest are all permitted, respected, and even celebrated. In an authoritarian regime, that is not the case,” U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon wrote in a 22-page temporary restraining order, which you can read here: https://www.opb.org/pdf/Dickinson%20v_1770160054941.pdf
The ruling also blocks federal officers from firing munitions or using weapons directed “at the head, neck, or torso of any person, unless the officer is legally justified in using deadly force against that person.”
“The temporary restraining order goes into effect for 14 days and could be renewed. Simon has scheduled a hearing on the underlying lawsuit for March 2, where he’ll take testimony from witnesses. That evidence could form a basis for an injunction should the judge deem it necessary.”
- https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/03/judge-limits-federal-officer-use-of-force-portland-ice-protesters/ -
[OLD FOOTAGE/NOT RECENT]
All this talk of chemical weapons lately reminded me of that two-week(ish) span of time at the end of January 2021 when the feds down at the ICE facility in Portland were spraying people with some kind of teargas using this thermal fogger that they decided to use to unleash chemical warfare.
There was no way to know what kind of chemicals they were using on us as there were no canisters left behind. People were guessing by the taste, smell, and symptoms.
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On Sunday, #ICE used #chemicalweapons in #Portland OR, firing #teargas on a crowd of peaceful protesters.
This was legal only because the victims were civilians in peacetime. Chemical weapons are banned in war by both the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
#CWC Article II.clause 9 lists "Purposes Not Prohibited Under this Convention" to include "Law enforcement including domestic riot control purposes".
Gassing soldiers is banned. Gassing civilians is OK.
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Lots and lots of teargas and various other munitions. People yelling for medics. Ambulance came for one person already and there was a brutal arrest amidst all of this. People were standing and chanting in front of the building before this
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Death by Mustard Gas by Geoff Plunkett, 2018
In 1943 a top secret consignment of chemical weapons, including deadly mustard gas, arrived in Australia by ship. But there was a problem - it was leaking. Military authorities quickly realised this but, in the interests of secrecy, sent unprotected and unsuspecting wharf labourers into a lethal environment. The result was catastrophic: permanent disability and death.
#books
#nonfiction
#history
#Australia
#ChemicalWeapons
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They just heavily gassed. Went thru my full face again. the medics were saying it was going through their masks too. There were very young children present. This is the road nearby ten minutes after the gassing started. The gas is still visible as I type this. Crowd regroup and energy is high. “Killing in the name of” now playing on loud speaker. More later nothing will upload not even pics
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I say this not for pity but to share experience and to help keep people better prepared and informed.
Shortly before leaving the facility I started cramping. I have been exposed to teargas many times, it typically takes me two days before exposure begins having noticeable effects on my cycle. 24 hours on munition heavy nights a few times but it’s usually two days or so for me.
I knew something felt off. I typically listen to my gut but I ignored it. I was wearing a full face gas mask. During that last wave of teargas, I was really holding it together while filming. Mostly because my eyes were burning. I took off my mask to clear my eyes after the feds retreated and after inhaling one time I couldn’t breathe. I literally couldn’t breathe. I made it to the sidewalk and was on my knees when a medic came over to help. Drinking water helped the burning feeling a little bit, as it had felt like I swallowed fire. Teargas is uncomfortable obviously but not usually *that* bad and intense. For me anyways. I cleaned off and took a break and remained otg for a few hours. I felt better.
Idk if it’s the adrenaline wearing off or what but I have since felt a lot worse. My skin is decontaminated, but my head is pounding, my stomach is killing me and I feel extremely nauseous.
Turns out the feds deployed HC gas tonight. (Which is not green smoke that many think it is. I have another thread on this I will link in next post)
Luckily the wind was working in everyone’s favor tonight. But fuck.
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From @opcw :
OPCW releases 5th report to identify perpetrators of chemical weapons use in #Syria
Syrian Arab Air Forces were identified as the perpetrators of a 2016 chemical attack in Kafr Zeita. For the first time, Syria cooperates with an OPCW #InvestigationAndIdentificationTeam’s investigation and provides full access to the country, information, and documentation relevant to the incident #ChemicalWeaponsConvention #ChemicalWeapons #KafrZeita #OPCW
https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2026/01/opcw-releases-5th-report-identify-perpetrators-chemical-weapons-use-syria -
"tear gassing civilians in their homes"
The USA or Israel?
#Fascism #Oppression #PoliceState #ChemicalWeapons #USPOL #USPOLITICS #Israel
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Shit just got real: it seems #Trump is going full-on #Bashar
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cbp-officers-crowd-control_n_696a6113e4b018dc941d85c0 #assad #syria #chemicalweapons #fascism #ice