Terrorist activities with chemical agents

Table 7.3 Terrorist activities with chemical agents (1975-2000)...

Ballantyne, B., Riot control agents in military operations, civil disturbance control, and potential terrorist activities, with particular reference to peripheral chemosensory irritants, in Chemical Warfare Agents Toxicology and Treatment, Second Edition, Marrs, T.C., Maynard, R.L., and SideU, F.R., Eds., John Wiley Sons, Chichester, 2006a, pp. 543-612. 

B. Ballantyne, Riot Control Agents in Military Operations, Civil Disturbance Control and Potential Terrorist Activities, with Particular Reference to Peripheral Chemosensory Irritants, Chemical Warfare Agents, Toxicology and Treatment, ed. T. C. Marrs, R. L. Maynard and F. R Sidell, 2nd edn, Wiley, Chichester, 2007, ch. 26, pp. 543-612. 

Civilian specialized teams that are prepared for working in chemically contaminated focal points are usually provided with different types of chemical detectors and monitoring kits, which are only capable to point to the presence or absence of the suspected chemical substance or a class of chemical. The most-used detectors are designed for detection of organophosphate pesticides, chlorine and cyanide, but the detectors against classical CW agents are usually not available to civilian chemists. Because, currently, the anti-terrorist activities have spiralled upwards, much of todays s military technology has been developed into commercially available equipment, however, the cost of detection equipment items... 

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