Company specialized in the manufacturing of chemicals, generally pesticides, herbicides and pharmaceuticals. Often involved in developing genetically modified foods. Large chemical companies include Dow, Du Pont, Monsanto, Imperial Chemical Industries, Novartis, Rhone Poulenc, Bayer and Hoechst.

A US Army Chemical Corps unit whose mission it is to provide support relating to Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Weapons. Each US Army Division has one or more depending on the Division's mission. Most Chemical Companies are made up of a reconnaissance platoon, a smoke platoon, and multiple decontamination platoons. The reconnaissance platoon has a FOX recon vehicle and has the job of marking areas of NBC contamination. The smoke platoon provides obscuration for maneuver. The decon platoons decontaminate personnel and equipment that have been NBC contaminated, although most scenarios involve strictly chemical decontamination.

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