Q&A: Following ex-spy's poisoning, Brits are on edge about nerve agents. They should be
by Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times
Mar 14, 2018
4 minutes
News that a former Russian spy and his daughter were likely poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent in the British city of Salisbury has spread fears over possible secondary contamination and piqued curiosity about a toxic substance that is as mysterious as it is potentially lethal.
Former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, are hospitalized in critical condition after what British authorities said was an attempted murder using a substance from a group of nerve agents known as Novichok, which in Russian means "novice" or "newcomer."
Q: So what exactly is Novichok?
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