Except that Iran [1] and the US [2] have successfully synthesized Novichok, and a Cornell professor of organic chemistry stated that any organic chemist with st

Except that Iran [1] and the US [2] have successfully synthesized Novichok, and a Cornell professor of organic chemistry stated that any organic chemist with state-backing could synthesize the agent [3]. [1] http://www.spectroscopynow.com/details/ezine/1591ca249b2/Iranian-chemists-identify-Russian-chemical-warfare-agents.html?tzcheck=1,1,1,1,1&&tzcheck=1&tzcheck=1&tzcheck=1 http://www.spectroscopynow.com/details/ezine/1591ca249b2/Ira... [2] https://medium.com/@gregclay/usa-synthesized-novichok-in-1998-a79bb782bef2 https://medium.com/@gregclay/usa-synthesized-novichok-in-199... [3] https://twitter.com/davidbcollum/status/998613563680882694?lang=en https://twitter.com/davidbcollum/status/998613563680882694?l...