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Mustard Gas
Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide; Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide; Mustardgas; Psoriazin; Yellow Cross Liquid; Yperite; Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide; Gas, Mustard; Mustard, Sulfur; Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl; Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).