SARIN AS A CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT AND ITS’ CULTURAL IMPACTS

Year 2017, Volume: Volume 2 Issue: İssue 1 (1) - 2.İnternational Congress Of Forensic Toxicology, 238 - 238, 16.02.2017

Filiz Ekim Çevık Zeynep Türkmen Dursun Kırbaş

Abstract

Chemicals that
are found in solid, liquid or gas form and harm the living creatures due to its
chemical properties are called chemical warfare agents. Chemical warfare agents
are the chemicals with high toxicity potential that are used for the purposes
of killing, incapacitating through injuring, deactivating with the capacity
disrupting effect, destroying the vegetal and animal sources of food,
contaminating food stocks and leading to panic in several environments. When
classified according to their toxic effects, nerve agents disrupt the
functioning of the nervous system and leave impacts on the skeletal muscles,
sensitive organs and nervous system. These agents are the compounds containing
organophosphate groups affecting acetylcholinesterase. Sarin is also one of the
gases within nerve gases group. In this study, mechanism of sarin gas, methods
of protection against it and its cultural impacts shall be addressed.

Keywords

SARIN AS A CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT AND ITS’ CULTURAL IMPACTS

References

• Filiz Ekim ÇEVIK, Zeynep TÜRKMEN, Dursun KIRBAŞ
• Istanbul University, Institute of Forensic Sciences