"Since ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1997, through last Friday, the United States destroyed over 30,000 metric tons of declared chemical agent contained in nearly three and a half million chemical munitions, over 22,500,110, one-ton containers containing chemical agent, and over 55,500 bottles and containers containing chemical agent," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kingston Reif.
January 6 protester Markus Mally was sentenced to 6 years in prison in June, leaving his wife raising a 3 year old little girl and 2 autistic sons at home alone.
The ban targets common ingredients in candies and processed foods, including red dye No. 3, titanium dioxide, brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, and Propylparaben.
The Department of Justice announced last week that it had charged four chemical companies based in China and eight Chinese nationals for the trafficking fentanyl precursor chemicals into the United States.
YouTube removed an interview with 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Jordan Peterson, during which the two discussed possible links between chemical exposure and adolescent transgenderism.
Kirillov explained that, "[Branches] around the world, allow the U.S. military to gain access to epidemically significant variants of pathogens that are potential agents of biological weapons."