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Lewisite is an organoarsenic compound. It was once manufactured in the U.S. Japan and Germany for use as a chemical weapon acting as a vesicant (blister agent) and lung irritant. Although colorless and odorless impure samples of lewisite are a yellow or brown liquid with a distinctive odor that has been described as similar to scented geraniums.

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