On Tuesday, the world watched in horror as a deadly chemical agent—likely sarin gas, one of the most-toxic chemical weapons in existence—was unleashed on unsuspecting civilians, including dozens of ...

More than three decades have passed since one of the darkest mornings in postwar Japan. Yet for many survivors of the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo’s subway system, the horror has never truly ended.

Gulf War illness (GWI) is an umbrella term that describes an array of chronic symptoms that have impacted an estimated 200,000 Persian Gulf War veterans. Researchers and clinicians have spent years ...

Sarin and other nerve agents are a notable exception. Only thirty-five milligrams of sarin per cubic meter are necessary to kill a human being after two minutes of exposure, compared to nineteen ...

Sarin is an extremely volatile nerve agent because of its ability to change from liquid to gas. If it evaporates into a gas, it can spread into the environment. Sarin’s designation by NATO is GB.

The United States believes the Syrian government employed a sarin-like nerve agent in Tuesday's deadly attack in the country's northwest. Here are the key facts about sarin, which was discovered in ...

Mike Tidd, 65, is a fourth-generation plumber in Georgia who spent his early career making 12 to 14 repair calls a day to different homes. But that changed after the Gulf War, when he served as a ...

But sarin gas truly grabbed global attention when in 1995, far from the sectarian war zones of the Middle East, it was released into the Tokyo subway system by an obscure spiritualist cult known as ...

(CNN) — Here's some background information about sarin, a man-made nerve agent developed for chemical warfare. Facts: Sarin is a liquid that is clear, colorless, tasteless and odorless. Sarin is an ...