ReviewConflict and health2018
Responding to chemical weapons violations in Syria: legal, health, and humanitarian recommendations.
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- Simulation-based evaluation of emergency medicine residents' preparedness for toxic terrorism.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026Article
- Human CYP2C9 Metabolism of Organophosphorus Pesticides and Nerve Agent Surrogates.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Article
- Instantaneous Hydrolysis of Methyl Paraoxon Nerve Agent Simulant Is Catalyzed by Nontoxic Aminoguanidine Imines.ACS omega · 2025Article
- Chemical Warfare Through the Ages: A Systematic Review From Antiquity to the Present.Journal of toxicology · 2025Review
- A longitudinal MRI and TSPO PET-based investigation of brain region-specific neuroprotection by diazepam versus midazolam following organophosphate-induced seizures.Neuropharmacology · 2024Article
- Cardiovascular responses of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats following acute organophosphate intoxication and post-exposure treatment with midazolam with or without allopregnanolone.Archives of toxicology · 2024Article
- The lesion site of organophosphorus-induced central apnea and the effects of antidotes.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Medical aid to war victims in Syria in 2019: a report of organized healthcare support from a charity organization.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Computational design of a sensitive, selective phase-changing sensor protein for the VX nerve agent.Science advances · 2022Article
- Assessment of the effectiveness of a course in major chemical incidents for front line health care providers: a pilot study from Saudi Arabia.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Perspectives on deployment of humanitarian workers through operational partnerships during the acute emergency health response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox's Bazar.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Five Decades of Global Chemical Terror Attacks: Data Analysis to Inform Training and Preparedness.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2021Article
- Experimental and Established Oximes as Pretreatment before Acute Exposure to Azinphos-Methyl.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Combined Pre- and Posttreatment of Paraoxon Exposure.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Neuropathy target esterase (NTE/PNPLA6) and organophosphorus compound-induced delayed neurotoxicity (OPIDN).Advances in neurotoxicology · 2020Article
- Novichok agents: a historical, current, and toxicological perspective.Toxicology communications · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe repeated use of prohibited chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict poses serious health, humanitarian, and security threats to civilians, healthcare personnel, and first responders. Moreover, the use of chemical weapons constitutes a clear and egregious violation of international law-likely amounting to a war crime-for which continued impunity is setting a dangerous precedent in relation to current and future conflicts. This debate article calls upon concerned states, organizations, and individuals to respond urgently and unequivocally to this serious breach of international legal and humanitarian norms. MAIN BODY: Based on health, humanitarian, and legal findings, this article calls for concrete action to: 1) reduce the risk of chemical weapons being used in current and future conflicts; 2) review and support the preparedness equipment and antidote supplies of first responders, humanitarian organizations, and military forces operating in Syria; 3) support international mechanisms for monitoring and enforcing the prohibition on chemical weapons, including through criminal accountability; 4) support civilian victims of chemical weapons attacks, including refugees; and 5) re-commit to the complete elimination of chemical weapons in compliance with the
conclusionAll involved states and organizations should take urgent steps to ensure the protection of the most vulnerable victims of conflict, including victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria, and to reinforce international law in the face of such serious violations.
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