Many chemicals are considered "dual use." What does that mean?
A) Chemicals can be used twice, so terrorists recycle them. Some chemicals become more deadly with more usage, and some chemicals exhibit this characteristic at an exponential rate.
B) The chemical agents that are dual use are both useful for making WMDs but they are also useful to the government to get rid of the terrorists that use them.
C) Any given chemical agent can have a perfectly legitimate and even beneficial use on its own and will not be highly regulated.
D) Chemical agents are a double-edged sword - they may make a powerful WMD but are hard to control, so terrorists cannot escape the effects after setting them off.

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Dual use chemicals have legitimate, often beneficial applications in addition to their potential misuse in harmful ways, such as in the production of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), without necessarily being highly regulated for their legitimate uses.

Many Chemicals Are Considered "Dual Use