The Charlotte News & Observer reports:
North Carolina scientists are on the front lines of research on antidotes to chemical agents such as the one used in August in a deadly attack in Syria.
UNC-Chapel Hill recently announced a five-year, $4.47 million project to design a patch that would deliver a life-saving antidote to people in the event of a chemical attack. The grant is from the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a part of the Department of Defense focused on threats from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
No patch of any kind type or variety could protect one against direct application of a caustic agent, such as chlorine, to your lung tissues.