Member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog agreed on Nov.27 to update their list of banned substances for the first time by adding the nerve agent used in the attempted assassination last year of a former Russian double agent.
Associated Press: Chemical weapons watchdog adds Novichok to banned list
A man shows a suit (R) used by OPCW experts in the case of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's poisoning in Britain, as a man (L) wears an air permeable charcoal impregnated suit, combined with a respirator (or gas mask), rubber boots and three layers of gloves during a simulation at the OPCW (The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) headquarters in The Hague, The Netherlands, on April 20, 2017.
