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Chemistry World
November 11, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
700 US troops report possible chemical agent exposure An internal Pentagon review has found that 734 US troops reported potential exposure to chemical warfare agents while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2010.   |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
An Invisible Threat Commercial buildings are ill-quipped to thwart nuclear, biological and chemical agent attacks, which are excluded from terrorism insurance policies. |
National Defense
March 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Homeland Defense The Defense Department's agency in charge of developing chemical and biological defense technologies is shifting its focus from large-scale incidents on the battlefield to small-scale terrorist attacks against civilians. |
National Defense
June 2007
Stew Magnuson |
National Guard, Army Chemical Units Criticized for Being Untrained, Unprepared Acute shortages of equipment and personnel means less time, or no time, to train. |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
New Science, Strategy Needed to Protect Bases The military is launching a new effort, including equipment purchases, scientific studies and research initiatives, to guard military bases, supply hubs and civilian installations against biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear strikes. |
National Defense
November 2004
Robert H. Williams |
Safety, Health Agency Approves New Gas Mask The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has for the first time certified a gas mask that offers protection from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents. |
Chemistry World
September 24, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Nerve gas detection in a fraction of a second A new molecule that detects and destroys lethal nerve gases has been developed by researchers in the US. |
National Defense
July 2006 |
`Chemical Companion' Gives Right Answers First responders reacting to chemical attacks or toxic substance spills now have immediate access to critical medical aid and decontamination information thanks to a program that was developed at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. |
National Defense
November 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Army Lab Channels Expertise to Non-Traditional Areas When the United States invaded Iraq, the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center began tackling a host of problems that were far removed from traditional chemical or biological defense, such as roadside bombs. |
National Defense
March 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Defense Contractors Exhibit Anti-WMD Gear More than 80 companies flocked to a recent U.S. Special Operations Command conference in Tampa, Fla., to show off their newest technology designed to help counter weapons-of-mass-destruction attacks. |
National Defense
November 2010
Eric Beidel |
To Counter Bioterrorism, The Key is Boosting Immunity That's why Texas A&M University researchers are investigating ways to arm Americans against attacks involving toxins, viruses and bacteria. |
National Defense
January 2006
Grace Jean |
Pentagon Chem-Bio Program Expands to Homeland Missions The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are seeking to homogenize the equipment that military units and local first responders employ to detect and neutralize toxic agents. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2013
Helen Carmichael |
French convinced sarin used in Syria Evidence is building that factions in the Syria conflict are using the deadly chemical weapon sarin. This article looks at the science behind sarin and its detection. |
National Defense
July 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Specialized Chem-Bio Unit to Fully Stand Up in 2011 The Defense Department is beefing up the nations response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive attacks. |
Popular Mechanics
October 16, 2006
Simon Cooper |
North Korea: The Bigger (Non-Nuclear) Threat The consensus is that North Korea has developed anthrax, plague and botulism toxin as weapons, and has extensively researched at least six other germs including smallpox and typhoid. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Simon Cooper |
North Korea's Suspected Biochemical Weapons: Breakdown Compared to nukes, biological and chemical agents offer mass destruction "on the cheap," argues Michael Stebbins of the Federation of American Scientists. Below, a sampling of Kim Jong Il's toxic arsenal. |
National Defense
February 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Military Officials Warn Al Qaeda Determined To Attack With WMD Most attacks probably would be small-scale, incorporating improvised delivery systems and easily produced chemicals, toxins or radiological substances. |
National Defense
June 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Research Challenge: How to Defend Against Still-Undefined Chemical, Biological Attacks Military scientists are often criticized for not working fast enough and for not pushing technologies into the field more expeditiously. Those working in chemical and biological sciences are no exception. |
American History
Margaret Davidson |
American Biowarrior A pioneer in America's biological weapons program during World War II, the unassuming Dr. Ira Baldwin was critical to the development of methods that made large-scale, safe production of the deadly toxins possible. |
National Defense
August 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Chem-Bio Defense Program Is Due for Sweeping Reform The Pentagon's chemical and biological defense programs need major changes in the way they field technology, cooperate with other government agencies and support the private sector, according to a senior official. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2013
Harriet Brewerton |
Discolored detection of sarin As the world awaits the official findings of UN inspectors, scientists in France and the Czech Republic report a new complex that could be used to develop simpler and more sensitive detection devices for the nerve agent sarin. |
National Defense
May 2009
Robert H. Williams |
New Hazardous Material Protective Suits Unveiled Will protect wearers from liquid or airborne chemical and biological agents. |
National Defense
March 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Chemical-Biological Defense Office To Kick Off Dozens of New Programs The previous decade has seen little in terms of advancement of nuclear-radiological detection devices, and there will be a new push to update them. |
National Defense
June 2010
Grace V. Jean |
To Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Reaching Out To International Partners U.S. officials believe that terrorists aspire to build bio-weapons. The White House is also expanding collaborative efforts with international partners to help prevent such attacks. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2014 |
Eliminating Syria's chemical weapons A historic, international effort to destroy Syria's stockpiles of chemical agents is underway. Nina Notman reports on progress |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Simon Cooper |
North Korea's Biochemical Threat While its nuclear test spurs outrage, North Korea grows a vast biochemical weapons arsenal in secrecy. We investigate Kim Jong Il's deception, his country's human trials and the terror potential of this rogue nation's deadly harvest. |
National Defense
September 2009
Magnuson & Breitbach |
Tech vs. Terrorism For every threat to the homeland, there's a business that has a technology waiting in the wings to counter a would-be terrorist's moves. |
National Defense
June 2007
Robert H. Williams |
Drink That Refreshes, Invigorates A California company that is known for its hands-free hydration gear has come up with a pill that offers a cocktail of electrolytes, vitamins and minerals. |
National Defense
June 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Agencies Scramble to Create Vaccine Market Defense and Homeland Security are pursuing disparate vaccination programs to combat different needs for military and civilian populations. |
Chemistry World
September 2006
Simon Hadlington |
Destroying the Poisons of War It is almost a decade since the Chemical Weapons Convention came into force but many signatories are failing to meet targets. Just as chemists played a key role in developing these poisons, they are now closely involved in destroying them as cleanly and safely as possible. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2004
J.R. Wilson |
Military Services Eye Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Detection While efforts are in progress to improve the ability to detect and deter intruders at military installations, a separate set of programs is tackling how to detect and respond to an attack involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive agents. |
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Spurs its Biological And Chemical Defense Programs The Pentagon is trying to buttress the military's defensive posture against biological and chemical weapons by focusing on the development of advanced vaccines and improved therapeutics. A surge in money is fueling this effort. |
National Defense
March 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Non-Lethal Weapon May Spark Controversy No speakers elicited more questions from the audience at a recent directed energy conference than Stephanie Miller, a researcher working on a non-lethal weapon that employs microwave millimeter technology to make human targets recoil from attack by causing debilitating pain. |
Chemistry World
September 4, 2014
Emma Stoye |
De-gassing gas masks with hydrogen peroxide Those involved in the clear-up of chemical weapons are kept safe by protective clothing such as gas masks. But how do you de-contaminate a gas mask and safely dispose of it when it is a chemical hazard? |
National Defense
May 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Chemical Suits Fitted for Unconventional War The possibility of insurgents using homemade biological and chemical weapons is part of an ongoing debate on what kind of protective suits and masks ground forces need. |
Chemistry World
September 20, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Syria's decision to join Chemical Weapons Convention welcomed Experts have welcomed the Syrian government's pledge to sign up to the Chemical Weapons Convention, which outlaws the production and use of chemical weapons and commits signatories to destroying stockpiles. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Andrew Leonard |
The invisible nightmare Biological weapons are not that hard to produce, says a sober new book written before Sept. 11 -- and they're getting easier all the time... |
Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Pamela Weintraub |
Be prepared? Taking precautions against bioterrorism may not be as futile as you think... |
National Defense
October 2005 |
NIOSH-Validated Gas Mask Emerges Developed for first responders, the Millennium Gas Mask is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agent protection. |
Chemistry World
September 17, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Half-mustard gas blues Scientists in the US are trying to develop a new detection system for the chemical warfare agent mustard gas. |
National Defense
February 2009
Magnuson & Rusling |
Senators May Seek Life Science Lab Security Regulations Life science laboratories, and similar facilities are proliferating throughout the world. Security is lax at many of them -- including the United States. Background checks for those working in the labs are spotty. |
National Defense
June 2009
Erwin & Magnuson |
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror. |
National Defense
June 2011
Eric Beidel |
Industry, Academia Race to Create Drugs Against Biological Warfare On the heels of anthrax comes a string of deadly agents that scientists also fear can be used as weapons and spread with ease. |
National Defense
June 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Beefs Up Work Force With Newly Minted PhDs Facing a large number of retirements in its work force in the next five years, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's chemical and biological technologies directorate is seeking young, ambitious scientists. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2001
Chris Colin |
Poison on the mind Is panic the right response to the specter of bioterrorism? |
Searcher
March 2002
Eva Perkins |
Bioterrorism Resources on the Internet: A Primer What is bioterrorism? Which organizations and governmental agencies publish in this area? Using the power of the beloved Internet, one can easily and quickly access a wealth of information. Here's how to do it... |
National Defense
July 2009 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories 7 Deadly Myth article draws comment. |
