No US troops portrayed symptoms of exposure to mustard gas or were hurt in the attack.
According to CNN, one official said the mustard agent had a "low purity" and was "poorly weaponised", while another described it as "ineffective".
Mustard gas is not usually fatal, during the First World War only 5 per cent of people exposed died after receiving medical care, the Centre for the Disease Control and Protection (CDC) states.
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It is a powerful irritant and blistering agent that damages the skin, eyes and the victim's breathing tract.
Airstrike on weapons facility in Mosul, Iraq
Normally, the symptoms can take up to 24 hours to appear with some more sensitive than others.
During its airborne campaign against Isis, US air strikes have hit a number of locations they believe were used as production sites for sulfur mustard.
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