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White Cross (Weisskreuz) is a World War I chemical warfare agent consisting of one or more lachrymatory agents: bromoacetone (BA) bromobenzyl cyanide (Camite) bromomethyl ethyl ketone (homomartonite Bn-stoff) chloroacetone (Tonite A-stoff) ethyl bromoacetate and/or xylyl bromide.During World war I White Cross was also a generic code name used by the German Army for artillery shells with an irritant chemical payload affecting the eyes and mucous membranes.