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		chrisseaton on Aug 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plants, heavy metals, and the lingering scars of W... > chemical weapons are not in use anymore That’s got to be the most caveated statement in a blog post ever. For anyone reading casually, I really hope you’re aware Russia deployed a chemical weapon against the UK in anger as recently as 2018.

b0rsuk on Aug 12, 2021 [–]

Chemical weapons are used for assassination, but not for large scale warfare. More like terror weapons on civilians (Syria?) and guerilla fighters with limited resources and few alliances.

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