What chemical warfare agent (cwa) primarily attacks the airway and lungs, causing irritation of the entire airway from the nose to the lungs resulting in what is commonly known as dry-land drowning?

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Braxton Kelly

21 May, 10:31

What chemical warfare agent (cwa) primarily attacks the airway and lungs, causing irritation of the entire airway from the nose to the lungs resulting in what is commonly known as dry-land drowning?

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Esmeralda Watkins · Answer 1

The chemical warfareagent that attacks primarily the airway and the lungs would be a choking agent. It would cause irritation of the whole respiratory system resulting to dry-land drowning. Examples are chlorine gas, phosgene, acrolein and chloropicrin.