The recent turmoil and volatile situation in many countries and the increased risk of terrorist
activities have raised alarm bells for the field of defense against toxic chemical/materials …

Abstract Among the Weapons of Mass Destruction, chemical warfare (CW) is probably one
of the most brutal created by mankind in comparison with biological and nuclear warfare …

Chemical warfare agents (CWA) pose inevitable threat, both to soldiers and civilians. Risk
on contact with these deadly agents can be avoided by neutralisation of their toxic effects. A …

Though the possibility of terrorist groups obtaining chemical weapons and inflicting mass
destruction is relatively low, the relevance of chemical agents remains high since the use of …

Decontamination, aimed at eliminating the hazard of chemical warfare agents, is required on
the battlefield as well as in laboratories, pilot plants, and chemical agent production, storage …

Biological and chemical warfare agents (BCWAs) are diverse in nature including synthetic
low molecular weight chemical warfare agents (gaseous choking and blood agents), volatile …

Chemical warfare agents (CWAs) are fatal to humans. Although various materials have been
reported to show excellent performance in the neutralization and chemical decontamination …

This chapter focuses upon decontaminating skin exposed to chemical warfare agent (CWA).
Although the protective equipment chapter discusses effective barriers to protect an …

Publisher Summary Organophosphates (OP) nerve agents are a serious threat to military
and civilian personnel. Another serious problem that may be encountered while caring for …

A critical evaluation is made of the chemical weapon destruction technologies demonstrated
for 1 kg or more of agent in order to provide information about the technologies proven to …