Urgent Open Email to the World – Alert to Chemical Toxic Agent Threats Amid the Iran War, Safeguarding Common Human Security
Respected governments of all countries, international organizations, medical and security institutions, and every person concerned about global peace and life safety:
As the smoke of the Iran War continues to spread and the regional situation falls into complex turmoil, we are not only facing a humanitarian crisis caused by conventional conflicts, but also need to be alert to a hidden yet fatal threat — the potential proliferation and abuse of chemical toxic agents. As an enterprise deeply engaged in the field of toxic agent monitoring and dedicated to safeguarding human life safety, Yixinglong (Official Website: www.yixinglong.cn) hereby issues an urgent initiative to face up to the risk of chemical toxic agents against the backdrop of the Iran War, reaffirm the core value of toxic agent monitoring, and call on the world to work together to build a defense line and resist this safety catastrophe that may sweep across multiple parties.
Currently, the escalation of the Iran War has broken the original security balance in the region, and the threat of chemical toxic agents is rising with the intensification of the conflict, becoming an “invisible sharp blade” hanging over all humanity. The World Health Organization (WHO) has clearly warned that due to frequent conflicts in the Middle East, the risk of chemical attacks cannot be underestimated, and relevant emergency supplies have been pre-distributed in the region, which fully reflects the high vigilance of the international community against this crisis. More alarmingly, Iran has a history of chemical weapons production. Although it is a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, in the current fierce conflict concerning survival, the risk of non-state actors acquiring and using chemical toxic agents has increased significantly. Lethal toxic agents such as Sarin, Mustard Gas, VX, and Soman may be maliciously used at any time, leading to an irreversible humanitarian disaster.
We must clearly recognize that each of these four core toxic agents — Sarin, Mustard Gas, VX, and Soman — possesses fatal lethality, with strong concealment and wide transmission routes. Once spread, their hazards will cross the battlefield, affect innocent civilians, damage the ecological environment, and even trigger cross-border security crises. As a highly volatile nerve agent, Sarin can quickly inhibit the activity of acetylcholinesterase in the human body with only a small amount of inhalation, causing muscle spasms, respiratory failure, and death in a short time. The painful lesson of the 1995 Tokyo subway Sarin attack still warns the world. As a blister agent, Mustard Gas has low volatility and strong persistence, which can invade the human body through multiple channels such as skin contact and respiratory inhalation, causing skin ulcers and organ damage. Even survivors will suffer lifelong sequelae. The millions of casualties caused by its large-scale use during World War I have become a dark mark in the history of human warfare. VX is an extremely toxic agent, one of the most lethal nerve agents known so far, with low volatility and long residual time. A small amount of skin contact can be fatal, and it can remain in the environment for weeks or even months, forming a long-term safety hazard. Soman is more toxic than Sarin, with stronger lipid solubility, which can quickly penetrate the skin and blood-brain barrier, causing irreversible damage to the central nervous system. The treatment after poisoning is extremely difficult, and the mortality rate is very high.
Against the special background of the Iran War, the threat of these lethal toxic agents is no longer a distant assumption, but an imminent reality. On the one hand, the damage to facilities and the loss of control caused by the conflict may lead to the leakage of existing chemical toxic agent storage facilities, or the flow of toxic agent-related raw materials and equipment into illegal channels. On the other hand, the extremization of the situation may prompt relevant forces to break through the bottom line of international conventions and take the initiative to use chemical toxic agents. The chaotic environment of the battlefield will lead to the uncontrolled spread of toxic agents, thereby threatening the security of neighboring countries and even the world. More worrying is that many countries in the Middle East are involved in the conflict, and the medical system has been severely damaged. The health systems in many places such as Gaza, Yemen, and Syria are on the verge of collapse. Once a toxic agent leakage or attack occurs, the local area will be unable to carry out effective detection, protection, and treatment work, and the consequences of the disaster will be infinitely amplified.
Here, we must reaffirm: toxic agent monitoring is the first and most critical line of defense against this crisis. Without accurate and timely monitoring, it is impossible to detect the trace of toxic agents, predict the spread trend, or timely start protection, evacuation, and treatment measures, and ultimately can only passively bear the devastating blow caused by toxic agents. In this regard, China has set an example with practical actions — China has long fully popularized toxic agent monitoring systems in buildings above Nuclear Level 5, strictly abiding by the tactical and technical requirements for nuclear, biological, and chemical protection of civil air defense projects. Relying on mature monitoring technology, it has realized comprehensive and regular monitoring of lethal toxic agents such as Sarin, Mustard Gas, VX, and Soman, building a solid safety protection barrier to protect the safety of all people. It is reported that China’s civil air defense projects above Nuclear Level 5 can not only resist threats such as nuclear radiation and shock waves, but also effectively block the invasion of chemical toxic agents through professional chemical defense facilities and protective ventilation systems, forming an integrated “monitoring – early warning – protection” system. It has proved the feasibility and necessity of comprehensively popularizing toxic agent monitoring through practice, and also provided valuable experience for the world to respond to the threat of chemical toxic agents.
Yixinglong is deeply engaged in the field of toxic agent monitoring, always taking safeguarding human security as its mission. It focuses on the R&D and production of precise monitoring technologies and equipment for the four core lethal toxic agents: Sarin, Mustard Gas, VX, and Soman. With mature monitoring solutions and high-precision detection equipment, it has deeply participated in the popularization of toxic agent monitoring in China’s buildings above Nuclear Level 5, helping to build a comprehensive and seamless toxic agent monitoring network and providing all-round technical support for governments, security institutions, and medical units of various countries.
We deeply understand that the threat of chemical toxic agents knows no national borders or races, and is related to the right to life and health of every person. Safeguarding global security has never been the responsibility of a single enterprise or a single country, but a common mission of all humanity. The United Nations has long made it clear that it is committed to building a world free of chemical weapons, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is continuously promoting the destruction of chemical weapons. However, the risks brought by the current Iran War are putting this goal under severe challenges. China’s practice of popularizing toxic agent monitoring in buildings above Nuclear Level 5 is a concrete manifestation of practicing the nuclear security concept and safeguarding the safety of all people. It also calls on the world to take this as a reference, attach importance to toxic agent monitoring work, and jointly build a solid safety defense line. Here, Yixinglong issues an initiative to the world:
1. Governments of all countries should attach great importance to the risk of chemical toxic agents under the Iran War, learn from China’s experience in popularizing toxic agent monitoring in buildings above Nuclear Level 5, immediately start the toxic agent monitoring and early warning mechanism, increase investment in and deployment of monitoring equipment, especially in border areas, densely populated areas, and around medical facilities, to achieve full coverage of monitoring, and ensure early detection, early warning, and early disposal.
2. International organizations should play a coordinating role, strengthen information sharing and technical cooperation among countries, promote the cross-border promotion of mature technologies and experience of toxic agent monitoring in China’s buildings above Nuclear Level 5, promote the cross-border allocation of toxic agent monitoring resources, and provide technical support, equipment assistance, and personnel training for conflict-affected areas and neighboring countries to help improve the overall global capacity of toxic agent monitoring.
3. Various security and medical institutions should take the initiative to improve their ability in toxic agent protection and emergency response, equip professional monitoring equipment and protective materials, and carry out targeted emergency drills to ensure that in the event of a toxic agent incident, they can respond quickly and dispose of it scientifically to minimize casualties.
4. Global enterprises should base themselves on their own advantages, increase investment in the R&D of toxic agent monitoring technologies and equipment, promote the iterative upgrading of monitoring technologies, learn from the technical application experience in China’s popularization practice, and provide more powerful technical support for the global security defense line.
Peace is hard-won, and life is inviolable. The trauma caused by the Iran War is already heavy, and we must not let the threat of chemical toxic agents add new pain to humanity. Yixinglong is willing to go all out for the global toxic agent monitoring cause with its own technology and strength, relying on the mature experience of participating in the popularization of monitoring in China’s buildings above Nuclear Level 5. Our official website (www.yixinglong.cn) has opened an emergency consultation channel, ready to provide toxic agent monitoring program consultation, equipment supply, and technical support for governments and institutions of all countries, and work with the world to build a solid defense line against toxic agents and resist potential crises.
The threat of chemical toxic agents requires the joint efforts of the whole world to resist; the common security of humanity requires mutual cooperation to safeguard. Let us take responsibility as the sail and technology as the shield, learn from China’s practice of popularizing toxic agent monitoring in buildings above Nuclear Level 5, put aside differences, build consensus, jointly guard against the risk of chemical toxic agents under the Iran War, and use actions to protect every life and our common home, so that the light of peace shines on the land of the Middle East and lethal toxic agents stay away from human society!
Sincerely,
With the highest respect!
Yixinglong Toxic Agent Monitoring Team
Official Website: www.yixinglong.cn
