Chemical weapons
The Life Scientific. Banning chemical weapons with Alastair Hay. Audio, 28 minutes
Alastair Hay talks with Jim Al-Khalili about ridding the world of chemical weapons.
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The Inquiry. Are Nerve Agents Out of Control? Audio, 23 minutes
Banned over 20 years ago, how do we explain recent attacks?
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Science In Action. Tracing the Novichok Trail. Audio, 27 minutes
How scientists are tracing the novichok trail in the UK using “hotzone” forensics
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Science In Action. The Rise of Novichok Agents. Audio, 27 minutes
A history of chemical weapons and the rise of novichok agents
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Discovery. In Their Element, Phosphorus. Audio, 27 minutes
How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons.
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Thinking Allowed. War In The Air. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.
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Thinking Allowed. War in the air. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.
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File on 4 Investigates. Chemical Weapons. Audio, 38 minutes
Is enough being done to prevent rogue states and terrorists acquiring chemical weapons?
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The Why Factor. Nitrogen: Forgetting Fritz. Audio, 18 minutes
Fritz Haber harnessed nitrogen to feed billions, but was also the pioneer of gas warfare
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The Law Show. Chemical Weapons and the Law. Audio, 28 minutes
Joshua Rozenberg reveals how laws relating to chemical weapons stretch back 2,000 years.
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Decontaminating Halabja. Audio, 30 minutes
John Simpson returns to Kurdistan, 25 years after a devastating chemical weapons attack.
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The Chemist of Life and Death. Audio, 30 minutes
How chemist Fritz Haber saved billions from starvation - and pioneered gas warfare too.
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Document. 23/08/2010. Audio, 30 minutes
Mike Thomson explores claims that the poisoning of a French town in 1951 was an LSD trial.
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Agenda. The Weapons of Tomorrow – Arms Control. Audio, 26 minutes
Does arms control work? How do law-makers keep up with new weapons technologies?
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