A chemical convention banning the production of chemical warfare agents is needed to control the activities of the chemical industry. But compliance must be in the industry's own interest.
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Black, S., Morel, B. & Zapf, P. Verification of the chemical convention. Nature 351, 515–516 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/351515a0
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