Название: Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Volume 1. Military Chemical and Toxic Industrial Agents, 3rd Edition
Автор: D. Hank Ellison
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2022
Страниц: 839
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.3 MB

The Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Volume 1: Military Chemical and Toxic Industrial Agents, Third Edition provides rapid access to key data to response professionals and decision-makers on a broad range of agents and pathogens. This volume examines military chemical agents that were developed for their lethal effects and includes chapters on nerve agents, vesicants, urticants, convulsants, blood agents, and pulmonary agents. It also details toxic industrial materials that are considered potential threat for use as improvised agents.

In addition to a discussion of each of these classes of agents, coverage includes detailed information on a broad spectrum of individual agents that have been used on the battlefield, stockpiled as weapons, used or threatened to be used by terrorists, or have been otherwise assessed by qualified law enforcement and response organizations and determined to be agents of significant concern

The information presented in this edition has been updated and expanded; containing more information on toxicology, health effects, chemical and physical properties of individual agents, as well as protective actions needed at the scene of an incident.

Novichok - (or A-) Series Nerve Agents
These agents are P-alkyl-N-fluorophosphonyl amidines, O-alkyl-N-fluorophosphoryl amidines or P-alkyl-N-fluorophosphonyl guanidines. They are also referred to as fourth-generation nerve agents and were developed by the Former Soviet Union. Research on novichok agents began in the 1960s and continued through the early 1990s under the Foliant program. Minimal information about these agents or this research program has been published in the unclassified literature. Although production of several thousand tons for testing purposes has been reported, there is no information to indicate that these agents were ever stockpiled in the Soviet arsenal.

Key Features:

Focuses on key information needed during an emergency response
Provides updated toxicology, exposure hazards, physical-chemical data, and best practices with regard to the treatment of casualties
Presents updated protective action distances, decontamination, and remediation information
All data compiled is gathered from numerous sources and arranged into the current, easy-to-access format. In order to ensure accuracy, all data has been cross-checked over the widest variety of military, scientific and medical sources available. The Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Volume 1: Military Chemical and Toxic Industrial Agents, Third Edition remains the gold-standard reference detailing the widest variety of military, scientific, and medical sources available

About the Author:
D. Hank Ellison served in the United States Army as a chemical officer and has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as both a remedial project manager and federal on-scene coordinator under the Superfund Program. He currently is president of Cerberus & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in response to technological disasters. As a private consultant, Ellison has responded to hazardous material incidents involving highly poisonous materials, chemical fires, water reactive substances, and shock-sensitive materials throughout the state of Michigan. He has provided chemical and biological counterterrorism training to members of emergency medical service (EMS) units, hazardous materials (hazmat) teams, police special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams, and explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) teams.