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Then you agree you can take a bare healthy hand, dip it in a VX bath, flush it with H2O, and be okay. If you're aware of public research that shows this, please

Then you agree you can take a bare healthy hand, dip it in a VX bath, flush it with H2O, and be okay. If you're aware of public research that shows this, please feel free to link to it; I am not aware of such research.

tyingq 10y ago
Someone described something like that in the earlier thread on this topic, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13720436 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13720436
pvg 10y ago
There was a comment to that effect on HN the other day with a reference but even without that just googling around makes it pretty clear the thing is not some mystery compound - effects, countermeasures, antidotes, etc are all well-known. 'Secret chemical agent' is something like the gas used in the Nord-Ost hostage crisis - 15 years later, it's not publicly known what it was to begin with.
mitchty 10y ago
Google books found the citation from the book mentioned in the other thread. https://books.google.com/books?id=gugwlufvShoC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Without+interrupting+his+lecture,+he+would+then+amble+to+a+nearby+sink+and+casually+wash+the+deadly+chemical+from+his+finger.&source=bl&ots=YcDr6s0_00&sig=Fd8G_ETAv2PEs-rfJQ_tP8vRy5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2-MLTyKvSAhUk0oMKHZjJAuIQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=Without%20interrupting%20his%20lecture%2C%20he%20would%20then%20amble%20to%20a%20nearby%20sink%20and%20casually%20wash%20the%20deadly%20chemical%20from%20his%20finger.&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=gugwlufvShoC&pg=PA25&lpg=P...
- userbinator 10y ago
  From the article: Mr Kim had sought medical help at the airport, saying someone had splashed or sprayed him with liquid Perhaps he didn't act quickly enough. Lesson learned: if an unknown liquid touches you, get it off ASAP.
  - saycheese 10y ago
    Really depends on the liquid, since some liquids respond very badly to H2O, the most likely method used to remove a foriegn element. Unless it's obvious what the best course of action is, trying to detant the attacker and anything in there person would be the most likely source of additional information.

tyingq 10y ago

Someone described something like that in the earlier thread on this topic, here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13720436 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13720436

pvg 10y ago

There was a comment to that effect on HN the other day with a reference but even without that just googling around makes it pretty clear the thing is not some mystery compound - effects, countermeasures, antidotes, etc are all well-known. 'Secret chemical agent' is something like the gas used in the Nord-Ost hostage crisis - 15 years later, it's not publicly known what it was to begin with.

mitchty 10y ago

Google books found the citation from the book mentioned in the other thread. https://books.google.com/books?id=gugwlufvShoC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Without+interrupting+his+lecture,+he+would+then+amble+to+a+nearby+sink+and+casually+wash+the+deadly+chemical+from+his+finger.&source=bl&ots=YcDr6s0_00&sig=Fd8G_ETAv2PEs-rfJQ_tP8vRy5w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2-MLTyKvSAhUk0oMKHZjJAuIQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=Without%20interrupting%20his%20lecture%2C%20he%20would%20then%20amble%20to%20a%20nearby%20sink%20and%20casually%20wash%20the%20deadly%20chemical%20from%20his%20finger.&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=gugwlufvShoC&pg=PA25&lpg=P...

userbinator 10y ago
From the article: Mr Kim had sought medical help at the airport, saying someone had splashed or sprayed him with liquid Perhaps he didn't act quickly enough. Lesson learned: if an unknown liquid touches you, get it off ASAP.
- saycheese 10y ago
  Really depends on the liquid, since some liquids respond very badly to H2O, the most likely method used to remove a foriegn element. Unless it's obvious what the best course of action is, trying to detant the attacker and anything in there person would be the most likely source of additional information.