Alastair Hay
Alastair Hay | |
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Born | Alastair Watt Macintyre Hay 1947 (age 76–77) |
Alma mater | Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD) |
Awards | OPCW–The Hague Award (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemical warfare Biological warfare |
Institutions | University of Leeds |
Thesis | Fructose metabolism in the liver (1973) |
Website | medhealth |
Alastair Watt Macintyre Hay OBE (born April 1947)[1] is a British toxicologist, and a Professor of Environmental Toxicology; he works primarily in the fields of chemical warfare and biological warfare (CBW).[2]
Education
Hay gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1969, in London, though had started with Maths and Chemistry, and a PhD in Biochemistry in 1973 for research on the metabolism of fructose (fructolysis) in the liver.[3]
Career and research
Hay started his career at the chemical pathology department at the University of Leeds. He became Professor of Environmental Toxicology.[when?][4]
He provided assistance to the forming of the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993, becoming international law in 1997. He works in the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine.[citation needed] In 1995 he worked with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). In 2004 he helped prepare the World Health Organization's (WHO) manual: Public health response to biological and chemical weapons.[5]
Hay is an active advocate for promoting ethics to new generations of scientists,[6] and he has headed a group of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for educational materials on chemical warfare,[7] which led to the creation of an online resource on "Multiple Uses of Chemicals".[8] He has also represented the IUPAC for preparation of the Biological Weapons Convention (also known as the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention).
Publications
- No fire, no thunder: the threat of chemical and biological weapons, Pluto Press, 1984, ISBN 0861047389
- A Magic Sword or a Big Itch: An Historical Look at the United States Biological Weapons Programme, Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 1999
- Simulants, Stimulants and Diseases: The Evolution of the United States Biological Warfare Programme, 1945–60, Medicine, Conflict and Survival, July 1999
Awards and honours
He was awarded the 2015 OPCW-The Hague Award by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[9][10] Hay was appointed Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to occupational health.[11]
References
- ^ "Alastair Watt Macintyre HAY". companieshouse.gov.uk. London: Companies House.
- ^ Al-Khalili, Jim (2018). "The Life Scientific, Banning chemical weapons with Alastair Hay". bbc.co.uk. BBC.
- ^ Hay, Alastair Watt MacIntyre (1973). Fructose metabolism in the liver. royalholloway.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. ISBN 9781339614472. OCLC 1065396333. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.704241.
- ^ "Alastair Hay: It is vital America discloses what weapons were deployed". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
- ^ "World Health Organization".
- ^ Kingston, Peter (11 November 2008). "Interview: Alastair Hay, weapon of mass instruction". The Guardian.
- ^ "IUPAC Latest News". IUPAC - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
- ^ "Multiple Uses of Chemicals". multiple.kcvs.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "OPCW-The Hague Award - Past Winners". Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ OPCW (19 July 2016). "Alastair Hay's Acceptance Speech at the 2015 OPCW-The Hague Award" – via YouTube.
- ^ Anon (2003) "No. 56963". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 2003-06-14. p. 11.
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- Agents used in chemical warfare
- incapacitation
- riot control
- Cyanogen
- Cyanogen bromide
- Cyanogen chloride (CK)
- Hydrogen cyanide (AC)
- Arsine
- Cacodyl cyanide
- Cacodyl oxide
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Phosphine
- Carbon monoxide
- Phosphorus trifluoride
- Methyl cyanoformate
- Iron pentacarbonyl
- Nickel tetracarbonyl
- 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
- Glycolonitrile
- Lactonitrile
- Acetone cyanohydrin
- Stibine
- Chloral cyanohydrin
Arsenicals | |
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Sulfur mustards |
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Nitrogen mustards | |
Nettle agents |
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Other |
- Anatoxin-a
- Saxitoxin (TZ)
- Bungarotoxin
- Botulinum toxin (BTX)
- Tetanospasmin (TeNT)
- Ryanodine
- Ciguatoxin (CTX)
- Guanitoxin (GTX)
- Chlorophenylsilatrane
- Palytoxin (PTX)
- Maitotoxin (MTX)
- Tetrodotoxin
- Aconitine
- Brevetoxin (PbTX)
- Strychnine
- Antillatoxin (ATX)
- Tetraethyllead
- Dimethylmercury
- HN1 hydrochloride
- HN2 hydrochloride
- HN3 hydrochloride
- A-8564
- Picrotoxin
- Sulfuryl fluoride
- Tremorine
- Oxotremorine
- Batrachotoxin
- Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (TETS)
- Bicyclic phosphates
- Cloflubicyne
- Trimethylolpropane phosphite
- Domoic acid
choking agents
- Chlorine
- Bromine
- Phosgene (CG)
- Fluorine
- Perfluoroisobutene
- Chloropicrin (PS)
- Dimethyl(trifluoromethylthio)arsine
- Diphosgene (DP)
- Disulfur decafluoride (Z)
- Acrolein
- Ethyl bromoacetate
- Perchloromethyl mercaptan
- Phenylcarbylamine chloride
- Tetranitromethane
- Tetrachlorodinitroethane
- Chlorine trifluoride
- Perchloryl fluoride
- Cadmium oxide
- Cadmium chloride
- Mercuric chloride
- Selenium dioxide
- Selenoyl fluoride
- Trifluoronitrosomethane
- Trichloronitrosomethane
- Nitric oxide
- Nitrogen dioxide
- Dinitrogen tetroxide
- Sulfur dioxide
- Phosphorus trichloride
- Methyl isocyanate
- Ethenone
- Methyl vinyl ketone
- Trifluoroacetyl chloride
- Salcomine
- Fluomine
- Uranium hexafluoride
- Diborane
- Green Cross
agents
- BZ (CS-4030)
- Apomorphine
- Butyrophenone
- EA-4941 (CS-4640)
- Etorphine
- EA-2092
- CS-4297
- Etoxadrol
- Dimethylheptylpyran (DMHP)
- EA-2148
- EA-3167
- EA-3443
- Pethidine
- EA-3580
- Ibogaine
- EA-3834
- Kolokol-1
- LSD-25
- PAVA spray
- Psilocybin
- Sleeping gas
- Carfentanil
- JB-318
- JB-336
- CS-27349
- CAR-226,086
- CAR-301,060
- CAR-302,196
- CAR-302,282
- CAR-302,668
- Benperidol
- Desflurane
- Enflurane
- Bufotenin
- Isoflurane
- Halothane
- Sevoflurane
- Pentazocine
- Procarbazine
- Fluphenazine
- Chlorpromazine
agents
- Xylyl bromide
- Pepper spray (OC)
- Mace (spray)
- CN
- CS
- CR
- CNS
- Benzyl chloride
- Benzyl bromide
- Benzyl iodide
- Bromobenzyl cyanide
- Thiophosgene
- Chloroacetone
- Bromoacetone
- Bromomethyl ethyl ketone
- Acrolein
- Phenacyl bromide
- Chloroacetophenone oxime
- Ethyl bromoacetate
- Ethyl iodoacetate
- Iodoacetone
- Allyl isothiocyanate
- Hexamethylene diisocyanate
- Crotonaldehyde
- Abrin
- Aconitine
- Cyclopiazonic acid
- Histrionicotoxins
- Aflatoxins
- Anatoxin-a
- Batrachotoxin
- Botulinum toxin
- Brevetoxin
- Ciguatoxin
- Domoic acid
- Enterotoxin type B
- Grayanotoxin
- Guanitoxin
- Maitotoxin
- Modeccin
- Palytoxin
- Ricin
- Saxitoxin
- Shiga toxin
- T-2 mycotoxin
- Tetanospasmin
- Tetrodotoxin
- Volkensin
- Veratridine
- Methyl fluoroacetate
- Napalm (variants and mixtures)
- Fluoroethyl fluoroacetate
- Depleted uranium
- post-combustion uranium oxides
- Plutonium and its compounds
- Polonium
- White phosphorus