Podcast – The Poison Review

Podcast – The Poison Review


TPR Podcast Episode #14: VX and the Assassination of Kim Jong-Nam

March 30, 2017

When Kim Jong Nam — the half-brother of Korean leader Kim Jong Un — was assassinated in February while waiting for a flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, attention was focused on one of the deadliest chemicals in the world: the nerge agent VX. What is VX, why is it such an effective poison, and how are victims of exposure managed medically. These are some of the questions we'll be examining in this edition of the TPR podcast.