article_snippet: The chemical agent, commonly known as mustard gas, is actually a liquid which smells like the condiment .
article_snippet: Mustard agent can maim or kill by damaging skin, the eyes and airways.
article_snippet: Mustard agent is a thick liquid, not a gas as commonly believed.
article_snippet: Mustard agent has no color and almost no odor, but Mustard agent got Mustard agent name because impurities made early versions smell like mustard.
highlights_snippet: its mustard chemical agent is commonly called mustard gas despite being a liquid .
  