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BBC Inside Science
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The Signs and Symptoms of Chemical Weapons
The absence of any physical injuries on someone who is having great difficulty breathing, sweating profusely with secretions from the nose and from the mouth would clearly suggest that they're exposed to some sort of chemical agent. If individuals have pinpoint pupils, then that either points to an opiate or points to something like an organophosphate. The nerve agents act very quickly. Other chemical agents like mustard gas acts much more slowly. So those are the sort of telltale signs when people are actually in contact with Soren or other chemical weapons.
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