1.   Some military officials have asserted that the effects of exposure to chemical agents would have been evident among those troops almost immediately.

2.   Very recently it has been shown that treating prediabetic mice with various chemical agents, including insulin, will prevent diabetes from developing.

3.   Altropane is a radioactively tagged chemical agent that attaches itself to dopamine transporters, making them readily apparent on brain scans.

4.   Among the chemical agents that UNSCOM suspects may have been loaded on warheads is VX, a lethal nerve gas that is colorless and odorless.

5.   Any of these targets could be assailed with a weapon of mass destruction, such as a chemical agent, nuclear device or deadly pathogen.

6.   As a result, experts agree that it is generally hard to use chemical agents outdoors with any precision.

7.   As he later learned, the dump was in Khamisiyah, which the military has publicly acknowledged appeared to have contained chemical agents.

8.   Attacks can be disrupted by sunlight, moisture and wind, and some chemical agents are easily evaporated or diluted.

9.   A hand-held chemical agent monitor determines whether any contaminants are still present.

10.   But NATO forces have struck such centers and other targets where the weapons that could dispense chemical agents are made or stored.