#Cover orange level 106 skin

The extent of poisoning caused by sarin depends on the amount of sarin to which a person was exposed, how the person was exposed, and the length of time of the exposure.Because sarin vapor is heavier than air, it will sink to low-lying areas and create a greater exposure hazard there.A person’s clothing can release sarin after it has come in contact with sarin vapor, which can lead to exposure of other people.Following contamination of food with sarin, people can be exposed by eating the contaminated food.Following release of sarin into water, people can be exposed by touching or drinking water that contains sarin. They also can be exposed by breathing air that contains sarin.

#Cover orange level 106 skin

Following release of sarin into the air, people can be exposed through skin contact or eye contact.

Sarin was used in two terrorist attacks in Japan in 19.

Sarin is not found naturally in the environment.

However, sarin can evaporate into a vapor (gas) and spread into the environment.

Sarin is a clear, colorless, and tasteless liquid that has no odor in its pure form.

Sarin originally was developed in 1938 in Germany as a pesticide.

However, nerve agents are much more potent than organophosphate pesticides. They are similar to certain kinds of insecticides (insect killers) called organophosphates in terms of how they work and what kind of harmful effects they cause. Nerve agents are the most toxic and rapidly acting of the known chemical warfare agents.

Sarin is a human-made chemical warfare agent classified as a nerve agent.