How the Terrible Gas Warfare of World War One Saved Millions of Lives from Cancer By Tom AndersonEver since the power of science and technology to change the world was widely recognised, people have grappled with the dichotomy that they can change it both for better and for worse. ...

#GasWarfare in #WW1 seems the most morally repugnant use of #chemistry, or #science in general, in history - yet, as Tom Anderson explains, it also opened the door to #chemotherapy which has saved millions of lives. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/how-the...

“Gas Alert” by Harry Townsend, 1918, #USArmy Art Collection. #American #doughboys on the Western Front struggle to don their respirators after exposure to chemical agents in the Great War. #gaswarfare #chemical #fww #fwwhist #mustardgas #chlorine #trenches #WesternFront