Mustard Gas

Synonyms

Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide

Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide

Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide

Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide

Ethane, 1,1'-thiobis(2-chloro)-

Gas, Mustard

Mustard, Sulfur

Mustardgas

Psoriazin

Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl

Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl

Sulfur Mustard

Yellow Cross Liquid

Yperite

Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).