So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.

The substance chloroacetophenone (CN) is banned for use as a chemical warfare agent under the Geneva Protocol, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1969 following its use during ...

Russian UAV operators have begun using homemade chemical munitions, known as "drops," on commercial drones such as the DJI Mavic 3 and Autel. This is according Militarnyi citing a leaked manual from ...

Freeze frame from a video by Russian media All of them use a variety of toxic substances, such as chloroacetophenone (CN) or chlorobenzalmononitrile (CS). These substances are banned under the Geneva ...

General Salan distributed about a hundred divisions across the entire Algerian territory before the Schall Plan revisited this organization in 1959. The material was taken from World War I stockpiles ...

Since December 2023, the Russians have been using a new chemical grenade, the RG-Vo, which contains chloroacetophenone or CN (known as “Cheremukha”). Although the irritant effect is considered weaker ...

“From February 2023 to February 2025, 6,129 cases of the use by Russian occupiers of ammunition containing dangerous chemicals, including 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS), chloroacetophenone (CN), as ...

Between February 2023 and February 2025, 6,129 cases of the use by Russian occupiers of ammunition containing dangerous chemicals, including 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS), chloroacetophenone (CN), ...

"These include 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS), chloroacetophenone (CN), as well as chloropicrin and MIRKA." On Nov. 8, 2024, Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Russian forces used chemical ...

Between February 2023 and February 2025, there have been 6,129 cases of the use by Russian occupation forces of munitions containing hazardous chemic ...

Two OPCW laboratories confirmed that they contained riot control agent known as CS. Among other hazardous chemicals, chloroacetophenone (CN), as well as chloropicrin and mercaptans (malodorants) were ...