Standard organic vapor filters used with gas masks or air-purifying respirators do not remove chloropicrin effectively. In 1887, while the Germans apparently were considering using lacrimators for military purposes, the French began a chemical warfare program. The French developed a tear gas grenade containing ethyl bromoacetate and proposed artillery shells filled with chloropicrin. AHFS 96 Drug Information. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established.
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