[IWasYourCity]

That's right. It's Canada.

[Twila]

Not sure where your going with this....

North American mustard see is also not genetically engineered. And should not be confused with mustard gas which is not made with mustard seed.

[Zyzzyxx]

Isn't mustard gas chlorine gas, which was the first biological weapon used in war, in WWI where Germans used it against canadians which caused the Gas Mask to be mass produced. And was named mustard gas because it was yellow.

[Twila]

I read that it was called mustard gas because of the smell. About the chlorine part. I don't know.

oh wait. I found this: From "molecule of the month" (weird)
Mustard gas is the common name given to 1,1-thiobis(2-chloroethane), a chemical warfare agent that is believed to have first been used near Ypres in Flanders on 12th July 1917. Its chemical formula is Cl-CH2-CH2-S-CH2-CH2-Cl


Its other names include H, yprite, sulfur mustard and Kampstoff Lost, but the name mustard gas became more widely used, because the impure "agent quality" is said to have an odour similar to that of mustard, garlic or horseradish. (8) When pure, it is in fact both odourless and colourless

[Zyzzyxx]

Well turns out we were both right.


"Mustard Gas (Yperite) was first used by the German Army in September 1917. The most lethal of all the poisonous chemicals used during the war, it was almost odourless and took twelve hours to take effect. Yperite was so powerful that only small amounts had to be added to high explosive shells to be effective. Once in the soil, mustard gas remained active for several weeks.

The skin of victims of mustard gas blistered, the eyes became very sore and they began to vomit. Mustard gas caused internal and external bleeding and attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucous membrane. This was extremely painful and most soldiers had to be strapped to their beds. It usually took a person four or five weeks to die of mustard gas poisoning. One nurse, Vera Brittain, wrote: "I wish those people who talk about going on with this war whatever it costs could see the soldiers suffering from mustard gas poisoning. Great mustard-coloured blisters, blind eyes, all sticky and stuck together, always fighting for breath, with voices a mere whisper, saying that their throats are closing and they know they will choke.""

Information from:
Mustard Gas

[Zyzzyxx]

Also found another site with more information:Yperite(Mustard Gas)