Many Chemicals Are Considered "Dual Use

question 22

Multiple Choice

Many chemicals are considered "dual use." What does that mean?

• A) Chemicals can be used twice, so terrorists recycle them. Some chemicals become more deadly with more usage, and some chemicals exhibit this characteristic at an exponential rate.
• B) The chemical agents that are dual use are both useful for making WMDs but they are also useful to the government to get rid of the terrorists that use them.
• C) Any given chemical agent can have a perfectly legitimate and even beneficial use on its own and will not be highly regulated.
• D) Chemical agents are a double-edged sword - they may make a powerful WMD but are hard to control, so terrorists cannot escape the effects after setting them off.

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