The increased interest of terrorist groups in toxic chemicals and chemical warfare agents
presents a continuing threat to our societies. Early warning and detection is a key
component for effective countermeasures against such deadly agents. Presently available
and near term solutions have a number of major drawbacks, eg lack of automated, remote
warning and detection of primarily low volatile chemical warfare agents. An alternative
approach is the use of animals as sentinels for exposure to toxic chemicals. To overcome …