The Washington Post

Russia is using toxic chemical weapons, wrecking a ban it helped create

Russian troops march during the 2019 Victory Day military parade in Moscow's Red Square. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention was one of the most important disarmament ...
Digital Journal

Inside the mission to rid the world of chemical arms

Michael Barrett has an old-fashioned flip phone. But when his hotline rings, he has three hours to ready equipment for experts on a dangerous mission to probe if toxic weapons have been unleashed — ...
Los Angeles Times

Chemical weapons removal from Syria nearly complete

BEIRUT — With its latest deadline days away, Syria is close to eliminating its stockpile of chemical weapons, monitors said Tuesday, an improbable accomplishment in the midst of civil war that is ...
The Greeley Tribune

Colorado’s $600M order to Army: Clear explosives, clean toxic water at Pueblo chemical weapons depot

AVONDALE — The nation’s outlawed chemical weapons stashed in 780,000 steel shells here at the Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot — 2,613 tons of molasses-like goop designed to inflict blisters, blindness, ...
Reuters

WHO: 500 Syrian patients show symptoms pointing to toxic weapons exposure

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday around 500 people had been treated for "signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals" after a suspected poison gas ...