Vil Mirzayanov who had the temerity to reveal that Russia was continuing to develop and produce deadly chemical warfare agents.

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Vil Mirzayanov -- who had the temerity to reveal that Russia was continuing to develop and produce deadly chemical warfare agents.

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Facilities not so declared can continue to operate--yet almost any factory capable of producing fertilizers, insecticides, pharmaceuticals or plastics can also make chemical warfare agents.

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NanoScale was founded in 1995 with a grant from the U.S. Army Research Office, which wanted to use its nanocrystals to adsorb and destroy chemical warfare agents.

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According to the White House, the Syrian military has access to "thousands of munitions" that can be used to deliver chemical warfare agents, including a variety of long- and short-range ballistic missiles, aerial bombs and artillery rockets.

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It does not and cannot ban all chemical agents that can be used for warfare.

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