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Mustard Gas

Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).

Year introduced: 1991(1975)1963-1967

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Tree Number(s): D02.455.526.728.468

MeSH Unique ID: D009151

Registry Number: T8KEC9FH9P

Entry Terms:

  • Gas, Mustard
  • Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
  • Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
  • Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
  • Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
  • Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
  • Mustardgas
  • Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
  • Yellow Cross Liquid
  • Yperite
  • Sulfur Mustard
  • Mustard, Sulfur
  • Psoriazin

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