https://news.sky.com/story/spy-poiso...years-11287880
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Dr Vil Mirzayanov is a chemist who ran the technical counter-intelligence department in Russia's chemical weapons institute.
He helped make "novichok", the class of nerve agents the British government says was used to poison defected spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
The doctor said that even minuscule amounts could affect victims, and that symptoms could develop "in years".
But responding to an inquiry from Sky News, Dr Jenny Harries, Deputy Medical Director at Public Health England, said: "PHE has been working very closely with the police and national experts on chemical weapons since the start of the incident and our risk assessment is based on knowledge of the chemical used.
"Our advice remains that the risk to the general public is low."
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Very worrying and confusing, certainly so for those affected.
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