PyroGenesis Signs Agreement with U.S. Defense Contractor to Jointly Pursue Chemical Weapon Destruction Contracts in Syria

PyroGenesis Inc. (“PyroGenesis”) (TSX: PYR) (OTCQX: PYRGF) (FRA: 8PY1), the leader in ultra-high temperature processes and ...
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Laser method can detect chemical weapons and bacteria in seconds

Researchers at Umeå University and the Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, have developed new laser methods that can quickly detect chemical weapons and harmful bacteria directly on site—without the ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The Sarin shortcut: How AI lowers the bar for chemical weapons

For more than two decades, lone actors with weapons of mass destruction ambitions have relied on crude toxins like ricin and amatoxins because plants like castor beans and mushrooms that contain these ...
Wired

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. US agencies ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

EU To Formally Accuse Russia Of Using Chemical Weapons In Ukraine

The Council of the European Union has prepared a new sanctions regulation that, for the first time, formally accuses Russia of using CS gas as a method of warfare on the front lines in Ukraine. In an ...
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Russian use of chemical weapons against Ukraine ‘widespread’, Dutch defense minister says

Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of ...
The Financial

Russia ramps up use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including WWI-era poison gas, 3 European intel services say

The FINANCIAL — Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin. The ...
Newsweek

Russia Using Drones Equipped With ‘CS’ Chemical Warfare Agent: Ukraine

Ukraine and Russia have previously accused one another of deploying chemical weapons on the battlefield over the more than three years of full-scale war. Chemical weapons, defined as substances ...
The National Interest

Could the Houthis Use Chemical Weapons?

While lacking the scientific infrastructure necessary for a full-blown chemical weapons program, the Houthis could still renew their threat to Red Sea shipping. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have ...