Editing Mustard gas (section)

==History as chemical weapons==
Sulfur mustard is a type of chemical warfare agent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Chemical Weapon? |url=https://www.opcw.org/our-work/what-chemical-weapon |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=OPCW |language=en}}</ref> As a chemical weapon, mustard gas was first used in [[World War I]], and has been used in several armed conflicts since then, including the [[Iran–Iraq War]], resulting in more than 100,000 casualties.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Salouti|first1=Ramin|last2=Ghazavi|first2=Roghayeh|last3=Rajabi|first3=Sattar|last4=Zare|first4=Mohammad|last5=Talebnejad|first5=Mohammadreza|last6=Abtahi|first6=Mohammad Bagher|last7=Parvizi|first7=Maryam|last8=Madani|first8=Sedigheh|last9=Asadi-Amoli|first9=Fahimeh|last10=Mirsharif|first10=Ensieh-Sadat|last11=Gharebaghi|first11=Reza|date=2020|title=Sulfur Mustard and Immunology; Trends of 20 Years Research in the Web of Science Core Collection: A Scientometric Review|journal=Iranian Journal of Public Health|volume=49|issue=7|pages=1202–1210|doi=10.18502/ijph.v49i7.3573|issn=2251-6085|pmc=7548481|pmid=33083286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Watson|first1=A. P.|last2=Griffin|first2=G. D.|date=1992|title=Toxicity of vesicant agents scheduled for destruction by the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program|journal=Environmental Health Perspectives|volume=98|pages=259–280|doi=10.1289/ehp.9298259|issn=0091-6765|pmc=1519623|pmid=1486858|bibcode=1992EnvHP..98..259W }}</ref> Sulfur-based and [[nitrogen mustard|nitrogen-based]] mustard agents are regulated under [[List of Schedule 1 substances (CWC)|Schedule 1]] of the 1993 [[Chemical Weapons Convention]], as substances with few uses other than in [[chemical warfare]].<ref name=who/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Susan L. |title=War! What is it good for? Mustard gas medicine |journal=CMAJ |date=27 February 2017 |volume=189 |issue=8 |pages=E321–E322 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.161032 |pmid=28246228 |pmc=5325736 }}</ref> Mustard agents can be deployed by means of [[artillery shell]]s, [[aerial bomb]]s, [[rocket]]s, or by spraying from aircraft.