Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents

Published:
August 27, 1999 by CRC Press - 528 Pages
Author(s):
D. Hank Ellison, President, Cerberus & Associates, Grosse Ile, Michigan, USA

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ISBN 9780849328039
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Features

  • Presents a unification of all agency response instructions
  • Displays agents by classification
  • Provides response guides for each class of agent, as well as in table format general definitions of each group and physical and chemical properties
  • Supplies information on dual threat precursors
  • Offers medical response information

    • Summary

    With terrorist groups expanding their weapons of destruction beyond bombs and bullets, chemical and biological warfare agents aren't merely limited to the battlefield anymore. In some cases, they are now being used on a new front: major metropolitan cities. And in the Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, emergency response personnel-from HazMat and Police SWAT teams to Explosive Ordinance Disposal units-will find a myriad of information on how to deal with such incidents involving dangerous chemical and biological agents.

    The 504-page book is formatted into a series of indices developed to facilitate rapid access to key information on chemical, biological and toxin agents, with each index cross-referenced to all others. The wealth of data not only include the physical appearance, odor, signs and symptoms of dangerous materials such as nerve agents and vesicants, but the detection and removal of such agents and the treatment of victims.

    Author D. Hank Ellison, a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emergency responder and officer in the Chemical Corps who provides chemical and biological counterterrorism training to HazMat, Police SWAT and Explosive Ordinance Disposal teams, also includes a litany of guidelines from such sources as the US Army, DOT and other agencies.

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgements
    Introduction
    Book Organization
    Alphabetical Index

    AGENT INDEX
    Nerve agents
    Vesicants
    Blood agents
    Choking agents
    Incapacitating agents
    Tear agents
    Vomiting agents
    Industrial "agents"
    Precursors and dual-threat chemicals
    Toxins
    Pathogens

    CLASS INDICES
    Unknown agent(s)
    G-series nerve agents
    V-series nerve agents
    GV-series nerve agents
    Novichok series nerve agents
    Binary nerve agents
    Carbamate nerve agents
    Sulfur mustard agents
    Arsenical mustard agents
    Nitrogen mustard agents
    Mixed sulfur/arsenical mustard agents
    Urticants agents
    General blood agents
    Arsenical blood agents
    Choking agents
    Metal fume choking agents
    Incapacitating agents
    Halogenated tear agents
    Non-halogenated tear agents
    Tear agents in solvents
    Vomiting agents
    Corosive smokes
    General toxins
    Toxins posing a dermal hazard
    Pathogens
    Pathogens carried by vectors
    Pathogens ingested
    Anti-animal pathogens
    Anti-plant pathogens
    Pathogens used as simulants

    NAERG GUIDES
    Gases-Toxic-Flammable (Extreme Hazard)
    Gases-Flammable-Corrosive
    Gases-Toxic-Flammable
    Gases-Toxic and/or Corrosive
    Gases-Toxic and/or Corrosive-Oxidizing
    Gases-Corrosive
    Flammable Liquids (Polar/Water-Miscible)
    Flammable Liquids (Non-Polar/Water Immiscible)
    Flammable Liquids (Polar/Water-Miscible/Noxious)
    Flammable Liquids-Toxic
    Flammable Liquids-Corrosive
    Flammable Solids
    Substances-Spontaneously Combustible
    Substances-Spontaneously Combustible-Toxic (Air Reactive)
    Substances-Water-Reactive-Corrosive
    Substances-Water-Reactive (Emitting Flammable and Toxic Gases)
    Oxidizers (Water-Reactive)
    Substances-Toxic (Non-Combustible)
    Substances-Toxic (Combustible)
    Substances-Toxic and/or Corrosive (Combustible)
    Substances-Toxic and/or Corrosive (Non-Combustible)
    Substances-Toxic and/or Corrosive (Flammable/Water-Reactive)
    Substances-Toxic and/or Corrosive (Combustible/Water Reactive)
    Substances-Toxic and/or Corrosive (Non-Combustible/Water-Sensitive)
    Infectious Substances
    Substances (Irritating)
    Halogenated Solvents
    Substances (Low to Moderate Hazard)

    AGENT DETECTOR CHARACTERISTICS

    PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

    SAMPLE COLLECTION

    SUMMARY OF US MILITARY CHEMICAL MUNITION MARKINGS

    INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LISTS OF AGENTS

    GLOSSARY

    REFERENCES

    Editorial Reviews

    "A useful reference work, with comprehensive presentations of key data on each entry, including toxicity. I recommend this book as an excellent reference text in the area of chemical and biological agents."

    – Jarrad R. Wagner, in Journal of Forensic Science, November 2008, Vol. 53, No. 6

    ". . . provides a superb summary of a wide variety of both chemical and biological warfare agents."

    – Jonathan Borak, in JOEM, October 2008, Vol. 50, No. 10

     

    "This book is resplendent with excellent data describing the agents, their toxicity, and safety steps to be taken to protect the public and first responders."

    -- Gary F. Bennett, J Hazardous Materials, Vol. 163 Issue 2-3

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