m airplanes or fired in artillery shells. Which means there would be fewer risks of leaks and other dangerous things that can happen while storing these agents.
             There are many types of chemical agents. They can be classified into several general categories going from the less harmless ones to the lethal ones that cause death.
             Antipersonnel agents are chemicals used against people. The first large-scale use of these agents was during World War I. These chemicals caused over 100,000 deaths and 1.2 million injuries.
             Most of these agents tend to cause coughing, sneezing, and general respiratory discomfort, but this discomfort goes away after a relatively short period of time. An example of these agents is
             These agents cause violent skin irritation and blistering. They may cause death. An example of these agents is
             Most of these agents are absorbed into the victim's
             bloodstream through the lungs or skin, causing death. Some examples of these agents are:
             These agents attack the nervous system and kill by causing the body's vital functions to cease. Examples of nerve agents can be:
             2. Use of herbicides during the Vietnam War
             Herbicides are chemicals that were originally developed to kill weeds, however they can be used to kill agricultural crops. They were used during the Vietnam War to destroy the enemy's crops and to ruin their food supply. A defoliant was used to remove forest cover in which the enemy troops might hide.
             As a result of those herbicide sprayings during the Vietnam War many of the plants that inhabit Vietnam, have become very vulnerable to herbicides. This happens after a place has been sprayed more than once, and that is exactly what the US military forces did. After the war there were reports on a decrease of birds, mammals, reptiles, and other animals in the Vietnamese forests. Also the decrease of the fish population was attributed to the sprayi...