Happy 18th anniversary 🥳 to the 🌎Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. DYK the Global Partnership has helped to destroy >41K tonnes of chemical weapons?
@RichardCupitt Check out on our website a structurally annotated table that lists the Novichok precursors recently added to the Australia Group: #nerve agents #chemical weapons @RichardCupitt @gregkoblentz
New Entries Added to Australia Group Chemical Weapons Precursors List
On February 28, 2020, 22 Novichok precursors were added to the Australia Group (AG) Chemical Weapons Precursors list, to complement the recent additio...
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How did the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty come about and why’s it important? Read Rebecca Johnson’s classic UNIDIR study ‘Unfinished Business: the Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing’ @Acronymist @ctbto
@CanadaOPCW @OPCW The Australia Group list of #Chemical weapons precursors has been updated as well, to add #novichok precursors. The structures of the recently added chemicals can be seen here:
New Entries Added to Australia Group Chemical Weapons Precursors List
On February 28, 2020, 22 Novichok precursors were added to the Australia Group (AG) Chemical Weapons Precursors list, to complement the recent additio...
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@CanadaOPCW @OPCW Great achievement. Those who are interested in seeing the structures of these #chemical warfare agents, including the #novichok agent used in Salisbury, can do so here:
A historical event: chemicals added to CWC Schedule 1
On November 27, 2019, the 24th Conference of State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), convened in the Hague, approved two proposals for...
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@blumscientific @gregkoblentz @OPCW @UK_OPCW @CanadaOPCW @NLatOPCW @OPCW_ST Chemical precursor lists cannot be comprehensive. It is always possible to go back a step and work with upstream precursors. That being said, the new Australia Group chemicals are indeed the most obvious direct Novichok precursors and should be subject to strict monitoring.
Take a look at the Costanzi Research website to see the relations between the new Australia Group and the new CWC entries. #novichoks #chemical weapons
Australia Group Chemicals
The Australia Group (AG) is an informal coalition of likeminded states committed to preventing the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons. T...
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Last February, the Australia Group chemical weapons precursors list has been amended to include 22 Novichok precursors. This complements the recent addition of Novichok agents to Schedule 1 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which will enter into force in June.