100 years of chemical warfare
„BAYER still refuses to take responsibility“
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first use of poison gas. Inthe spring of 1915 the company BAYER supplied about 700 tonnes of
chemicals to the front. On April 22 about 170 tonnes of chlorine gas
were used for the first time on a battlefield in Ypres, Belgium. A six
km wide and 600-900 m deep gas cloud formed, drifting towards the French
troops. This attack alone led to about 1,000 dead and 4,000 severely
injured men. Poison gas attacks against British soldiers followed on
1st, 6th, 10th and 24th May.
