lewisite
noun
lew·is·ite
ˈlü-ə-ˌsīt 
: a colorless or brown vesicant liquid C2H2AsCl3 developed as a poison gas for war use
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Munitions and nerve agents from World War II are scattered throughout the ocean; Scales notes that blackbelly rosefish and European conger eel off the Italian coast have been found to contain high levels of arsenic, a residue of the chemical agent lewisite.
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Benjamin Shull, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2021
Some of those chemical agents, such as lewisite and mustard gas, were specifically designed to injure people; others, including sarin, soman, and VX, were designed to kill.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2022
His task was to develop poison gases—first mustard gas, then an even nastier brew called lewisite.
—Steven Shapin, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017
McCaskill said the military tested the effects of mustard gas and the blister agent lewisite on about 60,000 veterans by the end of World War II.
—Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2017
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Benjamin Shull, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2021
Some of those chemical agents, such as lewisite and mustard gas, were specifically designed to injure people; others, including sarin, soman, and VX, were designed to kill.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2022
His task was to develop poison gases—first mustard gas, then an even nastier brew called lewisite.
—Steven Shapin, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017
McCaskill said the military tested the effects of mustard gas and the blister agent lewisite on about 60,000 veterans by the end of World War II.
—Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2017
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lewisite
noun
lew·is·ite
ˈlü-ə-ˌsīt
: a colorless or brown vesicant liquid C2H2AsCl3 developed as a poison gas for war use
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