Medical News Today – The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released “The Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments,” a 27-minute video that trains emergency responders and hospital emergency department staff to decontaminate children after being exposed to hazardous chemicals during a bioterrorist attack or other disaster.
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Associated Press – A device used by the Army to dispose of old chemical munitions can also be used to destroy biological weapons.
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BBC – The Prime Minister of Great Britain was attacked in the House of Commons with a substance that could have been a biological weapon. If the substance thrown in the House of Commons had been more dangerous than purple flour, what might the authorities – and the country – have done next?
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United Press International – The shrinkage of the Aral Sea in Central Asia has turned Vozrozhdeniye Island, where the former Soviet Union tested biological weapons, almost into a peninsula, posing a threat to the local population and wildlife. Decontamination of the island is proving exceedingly difficult.
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