Chemical agent disposal facility reaches important safety milestone
The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Pine Bluff, Ark., which is uses incineration technology to destroy chemical agent stockpiles, has recorded a major safety milestone. Read More...
View ArticleHouse passes legislation to force companies to use safer chemicals
Chemicals that could potentially be used in bioterror attacks will be replaced with safer alternatives following the passing of new legislation. Read More...
View ArticleIndian scientific experts call for better safeguards on hazardous materials
Scientific experts in India have asked industries to better safeguard hazardous chemicals and materials to keep them from falling into the wrong hands. Read More...
View ArticlePanel questions risk of Fort Detrick lab
A National Academy of Sciences panel has revealed that the U.S. Army failed to analyze fully the public exposure risks of deadly pathogens from a Fort Detrick biodefense laboratory. Read More...
View ArticleChemical weapons to remain off of Hawaii’s coast
Officials with the United States Army announced last week that a cache of chemical weapons dumped five miles south of Pearl Harbor after World War II will not be removed because trying to move them may...
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