Nerve agents are chemicals which are used for warfare purposes in attempts to kill mass amounts of soldiers. This form of warfare has become so heartless, that even Adolf Hitler himself refrained from using them against the Allied Forces during the Second World War. Nerve agents are all based around phosphorus. In the 1930s, the very first nerve agent of the “G Series” was created. This is known as the “G-Series” due to the fact they were all originated in Germany. There are four types of nerve agents in the series. They are Tabun (GA), Sarin (GB), Soman (GD), and Cyclosarin (GF).
Tabun was the starter for the series, being first synthesized in 1936 by the German scientist, Gebhardt Schrader whom, 2 years later, synthesized the second nerve agent in the series, Sarin, along with a couple other scientists. The German Army then began a factory which in the end produced 12,000 metric tons of Tabun. It was in this factory, which was run on forced labor, that the effects of this agent which had been yet to be used in combat, would show on actual people. Hundreds of workers died due to the exposure to the highly toxic Tabun. In 1944, Soman was discovered while the German Army was looking into the pharmacology of Sarin and Tabun. It was synthesized by Richard Kuhn, a dedicated member of the Nazi party, which led him …show more content…
Because of the seriousness of nerve agents, the Environmental Protection Agency has listed nerve agents at number 5 of the 1,585 potential threats on the National Priorities List. Depending on the nerve agent you are exposed to can also change the likelihood of living. Cyclosarin is the most lethal of the agents but is 70x less volatile in relation to sarin meaning people are more likely to use sarin
Tabun was the starter for the series, being first synthesized in 1936 by the German scientist, Gebhardt Schrader whom, 2 years later, synthesized the second nerve agent in the series, Sarin, along with a couple other scientists. The German Army then began a factory which in the end produced 12,000 metric tons of Tabun. It was in this factory, which was run on forced labor, that the effects of this agent which had been yet to be used in combat, would show on actual people. Hundreds of workers died due to the exposure to the highly toxic Tabun. In 1944, Soman was discovered while the German Army was looking into the pharmacology of Sarin and Tabun. It was synthesized by Richard Kuhn, a dedicated member of the Nazi party, which led him …show more content…
Because of the seriousness of nerve agents, the Environmental Protection Agency has listed nerve agents at number 5 of the 1,585 potential threats on the National Priorities List. Depending on the nerve agent you are exposed to can also change the likelihood of living. Cyclosarin is the most lethal of the agents but is 70x less volatile in relation to sarin meaning people are more likely to use sarin