Europe agrees plan for chemical terrorism alert system

Asia Pacific agrees health-financing plan.

1426 www.thelancet.com Vol 375 April 24, 2010 See Comment page 1417 When US President Barack Obama decided to cancel a much-anticipated visit to his strongest Asian Pacifi c allies and stay in Washington, DC, to push his health reform bill through US Congress, his excuse was probably the one thing that resonated most powerfully with his disappointed hosts. Health fi nancing is one of the bigges...

Chemical terrorism for the intensivist.

The use of chemical agents for terrorist attacks or military warfare is a major concern at the present time. Chemical agents can cause significant morbidity, are relatively inexpensive, and are easy to store and use. Weaponization of chemical agents is only limited by the physicochemical properties of some agents. Recent incidents involving toxic industrial chemicals and chemical terrorist atta...

Chemical agents and chemical terrorism.

Chemical terrorism is a new threat to the security of mankind, which scale essentially exceeds the impact of use of the most modem firearms. At present time all over the world threats from different radical elements to use radioactive materials, potent poisonous substances and pathogenic microorganisms for terrorist purposes became more frequent. High-toxic chemical substances can fall in terro...

Scientific series Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Terrorism Chemical Terrorism and Traumatism

Critical infrastructure, terrorism, and the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards: the need for collaboration

In response to 9/11 and the increasing concerns over chemical sector security, Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to regulate the safety and security of U.S. chemical facilities. In April of 2007, DHS passed the interim final rule called the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) in order to secure the U.S. chemical infrastructure. Unfortunately, t...