Russian spy Sergei Skripal: How nerve agents can destroy the body in minutes

[Judi Lynn]

By Lucia Stein
Updated 4 minutes ago

UK police today announced they believe a nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter.

Nerve agents have been used in chemical warfare since WWII and have been linked to a number of high-profile assassinations, including in the case of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un's exiled half brother last year, who died 20 minutes after being given a highly toxic VX nerve agent.

Here's the effect they have on the body and whether it's possible to recover from a nerve agent attack.

What are nerve agents?
Nerve agents are highly poisonous chemicals that work by disrupting and preventing the nervous system from working properly, according to the US Centre for Disease Control.

More:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-08/why-nerve-agents-are-used-in-assassinations/9526614

[democratisphere]

1. Smells like the dirty work of the Kremlin.

Who else has VX nerve agent at their disposal?!

[mr_lebowski]

2. I'm sad to say & just I'm speculating ... guessing they're gone already but we're not being told ...

This is the kinda thing you stay hush-hush as long as possible re: condition of patients.