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Cyanide
Deployment Exposure & Chemicals Deployment Health

Cyanide is a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that can exist in various forms.  Cyanide can be a colorless gas or a crystal form.  A lethal amount of cyanide causes death within minutes, but lower amounts produce few effects. Large amounts of cyanide are required to cause death.

    Sources of Information:
  1. Cyanide Fact Sheets and Overviews - This page on the Center for Disease control web page contains Cyanide fact sheets and other information sheets about cyanide.
  2. Cyanide  -  This page on the Deployment Health Clinician Center web page contains information on pulmonary agents such as, cyanide.
  3. Medical NBC Chemical Agent Terrorism Fact Sheet - This page on US Army  Medical NBC web page describes effects and medical response for Chemical Agent Terrorism including Cyanide.


This page last updated on March 8th, 2009.
Content last reviewed on February 28th, 2009.