ABSTRACT
Commercial detoxification equipment for poisonous gas uses strong oxidizing agents such as sodium hypochlorite or sodium chlorite. The shape of the commercial equipment is somewhat similar to a fire extinguisher. Many warfare chemical and biological agents contain carbon atoms, and they can be converted to carbon dioxide by oxidization. Syria handed over its chemical weapons to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the weapons were burned at high temperatures on a ship at sea. After the Tokyo subway sarin attack, the method of hydrolysis in alkaline solution was used successfully by Japan's Self-Ground Force to decontaminate the subway train using a 5 percent sodium hydroxide solution. For decontaminating people, the most important task is to wash away contaminated chemical and biological agents on the skin, and the best way to do so is to use a large amount of water quickly.
