Word: thiodiglycol
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...WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND: Inspectors discovered 12 empty chemical warheads. Iraq handed over four more. Inspectors also found a minute quantity of thiodiglycol, which can be used to make mustard...
...kill Kurdish civilians last year, the U.S. joined other nations in condemning chemical warfare. But last week it became clear that at least one American company has helped spread the deadly weapons. After Customs Service agents accused Baltimore-based Alcolac International, Inc., of illegally shipping hundreds of tons of thiodiglycol, a solvent that can be used in making mustard gas, the firm agreed to plead guilty to violating export laws. Prosecutors believe the chemical shipments eventually arrived in Iraq and Iran...
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