00:14But perhaps the most disturbing of all, Andrew Huggy tells how the U.S. is researching and
00:20developing nerve agents or chemical weapons in a laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland.
00:53The nerve agent that Andrew is describing here is sarin. It's a highly toxic human-made,
01:00organophosphorus sarin acts as a potent inhibitor of enzymes, and over time, the binding becomes
01:05irreversible. In 1987, the U.S. joined the Chemical Weapons Convention, which bans the
01:09developments, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons. The U.S. had about 30,000 tons of
01:15chemical weapons, including nerve agents. In July 2023, the U.S. completed destruction
01:20of the last declared chemical weapons.
