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Total weight of chemical weapons in Iraq before the 2003 war, as estimated by the American Fede


Total weight of chemical weapons in Iraq before the 2003 war, as estimated by the American Federation of Scientists " 3,850 tons

Total weight of just six of the most dangerous pesticides at large in the global environment " 7,000,000 tons

People killed by Iraqi chemical weapons in the six-year period preceding the 2003 War on Iraq " 0

People killed by pesticides, as estimated by the World Health Organization during the same six-year period " 60,000

Source: "Chemical Warfare," World-Watch, July/August 2003, 32. (Verified 4/18/14).

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