article_snippet: Crude roadside bombs filled with toxic chlorine gas are now being used by Isis terrorists, Isis has been reported.
article_snippet: Crude roadside bombs filled with chlorine gas are now being used by Isis terrorists, Isis has been reported .
article_snippet: Haider Taher told the BBC: 'Crude roadside bombs filled with chlorine gas're resorting to this new method, putting chlorine in these home-made roadside bombs, which is toxic to those that inhale this new method.'
article_snippet: Jennifer Cole, Senior Research Fellow at defence thinktank Royal United Services Institute, told MailOnline that although chlorine can be lethal, it does appear that it's being used to spread fear by Isis.
article_snippet: Royal United Services Institute said: 'Chlorine is easily available from a number of industrial sources and is very hazardous – causing breathing difficulties in particular and in extreme cases prolonged exposure can kill. '
article_snippet: Royal United Services Institute added: 'There is no doubt that public perception often sees chemical weapons such as this as more dangerous than conventional weapons such as explosives, even though it may not be the case that a chlorine bomb could cause more harm.
article_snippet: Chlorine was used by the British in the First World War, but Chlorine proved to be unreliable.
article_snippet: The use of chlorine bombs by Isis (pictured) is a sign of desperation, one expert told the BBC .
article_snippet: Chlorine is not a chemical that has to be declared to The OPCW because Chlorine is also used for regular purposes in industry.