[ExSoldier]

Okay, you're crazy. I'm a graduate of the US Army's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare school. I hate to burst your bubble, but any sort of chemical agent used (unless it is a purely choking type of agent) will have multiple portals of entry into your body; inhalation being only one of them. Most all nerve and blood agents absorb right through your skin. That's why the military has the MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Posture) suits, consisting of special suit, booties, gloves, mask and hood. So, get the suit, too. If they hit using a pure form of agent, you'll have just nine seconds to don both mask AND suit. That's the rate of action for Soman, Sarin and VX in pure form. Rate of action is the time from the moment of contamination to the moment of death. To be fair, when these agents are diluted a bit, usually for easy dispersal (some nerve agents have the consistency of motor oil when pure), the rate of action lengthens to a couple of minutes. I'm a published author on this subject.

[bvw]

What do you say about the Aun's sarin release in the Tokyo subway? Back in 1995. Would a gas mask have helped?

The Aun also released anthrax spores from a Tokyo high-rise rooftop in 1993 -- don;t think there was any affect. However a gas mask -- or even a surgical mask would have helped in the case of spores, no?

In the Bhopal industrial accident they say that water-wetted cloths worn over the nose and mouth would have reduced alot of the carnage.

[Kackikat]

It's a little hard to be dragging this whole suit around and do one's job isn't it??