Citation

Timperley CM, Forman JE, Aas P, Abdollahi M, Benachour D, Al-Amri AS, Baulig A, Becker-Arnold R, Borrett V, Cariño FA, Curty C, Gonzalez D, Geist M, Kane W, Kovarik Z, Martínez-Álvarez R, Mikulak R, Fusaro Mourão NM, Neffe S, De Souza Nogueira E, Ramasami P, Raza SK, Rubaylo V, Saeed AEM, Takeuchi K, Tang C, Trifirò F, Mauritz van Straten F, Suárez AG, Waqar F, Vanninen PS, Zafar-Uz-Zaman M, Vucinić S, Zaitsev V, Zina MS, Holen S, Izzati FN. RSC Adv. 2018; 8(73): 41731-41739.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry)

DOI

10.1039/c8ra08273a

PMID

35558814

PMCID

PMC9092081

Abstract

Compounds that cause powerful sensory irritation to humans were reviewed by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in response to requests in 2014 and 2017 by the OPCW Director-General to advise which riot control agents (RCAs) might be subject to declaration under the Chemical Weapons Convention (the "Convention"). The chemical and toxicological properties of 60 chemicals identified from a survey by the OPCW of RCAs that had been researched or were available for purchase, and additional chemicals recognised by the SAB as having potential RCA applications, were considered. Only 17 of the 60 chemicals met the definition of a RCA under the Convention. These findings were provided to the States Parties of the Convention to inform the implementation of obligations pertaining to RCAs under this international chemical disarmament and non-proliferation treaty.

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