Advice from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on riot control agents in connection to the Chemical Weapons Convention

Author
Timperley, Christopher M.
Forman, Jonathan E.
Aas, Pål
Abdollahi, Mohammad
Benachour, Djafer
Al-Amri, Abdullah Saeed
Baulig, Augustin
Becker-Arnold, Renate
Borrett, Veronica
Cariño, Flerida A.
Curty, Christophe
Gonzalez, David
Geist, Michael
Kane, William
Kovarik, Zrinka
Martínez-Álvarez, Roberto
Mikulak, Robert
Fusaro Mourão, Nicia Maria
Neffe, Slawomir
De Souza Nogueira, Evandro
Ramasami, Ponnadurai
Raza, Syed K.
Rubaylo, Valentin
Saeed, Ahmed E.M.
Takeuchi, Koji
Tang, Cheng
Trifirò, Ferruccio
Mauritz van Straten, François
Suárez, Alejandra G.
Waqar, Farhat
Vanninen, Paula S.
Zafar-Uz-Zaman, Mohammad
Vucinic, Slavica
Zaitsev, Volodymyr
Zina, Mongia Said
Holen, Stian
Izzati, Fauzia Nurul
Date Issued
2018-12-19
Keywords
Kjemikalier
Kjemiske våpen
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94276
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12242/2646
DOI
10.1039/c8ra08273a
Collection
Articles
Description
Timperley, Christopher M.; Forman, Jonathan E.; Aas, Pål; Abdollahi, Mohammad; Benachour, Djafer; Al-Amri, Abdullah Saeed; Baulig, Augustin; Becker-Arnold, Renate; Borrett, Veronica; Cariño, Flerida A.; Curty, Christophe; Gonzalez, David; Geist, Michael; Kane, William; Kovarik, Zrinka; Martínez-Álvarez, Roberto; Mikulak, Robert; Fusaro Mourão, Nicia Maria; Neffe, Slawomir; De Souza Nogueira, Evandro; Ramasami, Ponnadurai; Raza, Syed K.; Rubaylo, Valentin; Saeed, Ahmed E.M.; Takeuchi, Koji; Tang, Cheng; Trifirò, Ferruccio; Mauritz van Straten, François; Suárez, Alejandra G.; Waqar, Farhat; Vanninen, Paula S.; Zafar-Uz-Zaman, Mohammad; Vucinic, Slavica; Zaitsev, Volodymyr; Zina, Mongia Said; Holen, Stian; Izzati, Fauzia Nurul. Advice from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on riot control agents in connection to the Chemical Weapons Convention. RSC Advances 2018 ;Volum 8.(73) s. 41731-41739 FFI
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Abstract
Compounds that cause powerful sensory irritation to humans were reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in response to requests in 2014 and 2017 by the OPCW Director-General to advise which riot control agents (RCAs) might be subject to declaration under the Chemical Weapons Convention (the “Convention”). The chemical and toxicological properties of 60 chemicals identified from a survey by the OPCW of RCAs that had been researched or were available for purchase, and additional chemicals recognised by the SAB as having potential RCA applications, were considered. Only 17 of the 60 chemicals met the definition of a RCA under the Convention. These findings were provided to the States Parties of the Convention to inform the implementation of obligations pertaining to RCAs under this international chemical disarmament and non-proliferation treaty.
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