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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 Publisher



Timperley CM1 ; Forman JE2 ; Aas P3 ; Abdollahi M4 ; Benachour D5 ; Alamri AS6 ; Baulig A7 ; Beckerarnold R8 ; Borrett V9, 10 ; Carino FA11 ; Curty C12 ; Gonzalez D13 ; Geist M8 ; Kane W14 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Timperley CM1
  2. Forman JE2
  3. Aas P3
  4. Abdollahi M4
  5. Benachour D5
  6. Alamri AS6
  7. Baulig A7
  8. Beckerarnold R8
  9. Borrett V9, 10
  10. Carino FA11
  11. Curty C12
  12. Gonzalez D13
  13. Geist M8
  14. Kane W14
  15. Kovarik Z15
  16. Martinezalvarez R16
  17. Mikulak R17
  18. Fusaro Mourao NM18
  19. Neffe S19
  20. De Souza Nogueira E20
  21. Ramasami P21
  22. Raza SK22
  23. Rubaylo V23
  24. Saeed AEM24
  25. Takeuchi K25
  26. Tang C26
  27. Trifiro F27
  28. Mauritz Van Straten F28
  29. Suarez AG29
  30. Waqar F30
  31. Vanninen PS31
  32. Zafaruzzaman M32
  33. Vucinic S33
  34. Zaitsev V34, 35
  35. Zina MS36
  36. Holen S37
  37. Izzati FN38

Source: RSC Advances Published:2018


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. © 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.