8 April 2022

OPCW supports development of guidelines for road transport of hazardous chemicals (OPCW News)

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) organised a workshop to develop guidelines for the road transportation of hazardous chemicals together with the Wuppertal University of Germany.  

7 April 2022

WHO says making contingency plans for possible ‘chemical assaults’ in Ukraine (Reuters)

The World Health Organization’s European head said on April 6 that the body was preparing for possible “chemical assaults” in Ukraine, in a sign it is taking warnings that have emerged from both the West and Moscow seriously.

1 April 2022

U.S. providing Ukraine with supplies in case Russia deploys chemical weapons (Reuters)

The United States is providing Ukraine with supplies and equipment in case Russia deploys chemical or biological weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, the White House said on Friday.

1 April 2022

U.S. Mulls Options if Russia Uses WMD (Arms Control Today)

U.S. President Joe Biden has said that, desperate over Russia’s failure to dominate in the war against Ukraine, Putin could be preparing to use chemical or biological weapons in battle. Putin’s “back is against the wall, and now he’s talking about new false flags he’s setting up, including asserting that we in America have biological as well as chemical weapons in Europe. Simply not true,” Biden said on March 21 at a Business Roundtable event.

30 March 2022

Blow flies can be used to detect use of chemical weapons, other pollutants (ChemEurope.com)

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI have found that blow flies can be used as chemical sensors, with a particular focus on the detection of chemical warfare agents.

25 March 2022

OPCW Executive Council briefed on chemical weapons destruction progress in the United States (OPCW)

Members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council attended a chemical demilitarisation transparency event hosted virtually by the United States of America and held at OPCW Headquarters in The Hague from 21 to 22 March 2022. The event focussed on destruction progress at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) in Richmond, Kentucky.

23 March 2022

U.S. Makes Contingency Plans in Case Russia Uses Its Most Powerful Weapons (The New York Times)

The White House has quietly assembled a team of national security officials to sketch out scenarios of how the United States and its allies should respond if President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia unleashes his stockpiles of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.

23 March 2022

Biden, Stoltenberg Warn of Threat of Russia Using Chemical Weapons In Ukraine (RadioFreeEurope)

U.S. President Joe Biden says the threat of Russia using chemical weapons against Ukraine was “real” as NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned of “far-reaching consequences” if Moscow were to use armaments.