A new report from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has revealed a worrying rise in industrial chemical accidents across the US, with incidents involving chemical releases increasing by 51% since 2021. Accidents resulting in injuries or
...Acting under the authority delegated by the Conference of the States Parties (CSP), the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) today, at its 112th session, adopted a draft decision to reinstate the rights and privileges of the
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Teledyne FLIR Defense, a pioneer in intelligent sensing solutions and part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced the launch of its advanced CheMSense™ Protect continuous and autonomous air monitor for
...The SoRite Company has announced a strategic partnership with Rapid Risk Reduction (R3) that will make SoRite's DECON, a narcotic oxidation solution, available for inclusion in R3's
...Interesting article published in https://theins.ru/confession/292995 where Nadezhda Zavyalova, who worked ata pharmaceutical company in St. Petersburg called Silver Pharm, LLC
...Originally published by https://themedialine.org/
Syrian Authorities have detained 18 individuals suspected of involvement in operating and managing the Assad regime’s chemical weapons
...In the aftermath of suspected chemical attacks, investigators from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) step in to collect chemical, environmental and biomedical samples. Thorough forensic laboratory analysis of these samples is essential for proving what — if any —
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...DuPont today announced the launch of the Tyvek® APX™ 400 protective coverall, the first in a new generation of extremely
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Israeli planes sprayed chemicals on farmland in Quneitra, Syria in late January and early February, 2026. Farmers say that their crops yellowed and died in just a few days and that they lost dozens of hectares of farmland. There have been similar reports
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908 Devices Inc., a pioneer of purpose-built handheld devices for chemical analysis, announces new capabilities for its handheld MX908 mass spectrometry device for trace chemical identification. These enhancements include an updated mission mode for hazardous vapor sampling and the addition of
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A seemingly routine check of a Vallejo motel room turned into a full-on hazmat scare yesterday, after staff and police at the Vallejo Inn on Tennessee Street discovered an unknown substance that ended up
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Originally published by the OPCW
The Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)’s fifth report concludes there are reasonable grounds to
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Rigaku Analytical Devices, a division under Rigaku Holdings Corporation, has announced the launch of its fourth generation 1064 nm Raman analyzers: the Icon series, featuring enhancements in chemical threat analysis for safety and security applications. The first in the series, the
908 Devices Inc., a pioneer of
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908 Devices Inc., a pioneer of purpose-built handheld devices for chemical analysis, announced that its devices for rapid chemical detection at the point of need are being included in strategic stockpiles within Europe as part of rescEU, an EU-funded project that is establishing a reserve of
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An orange cloud erupted from a tanker in Oldham after an acid reaction. Luminous vapour shrouded part of an industrial estate shortly after 3pm on Wednesday, and neighbours were warned to shut their windows as the cloud
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Adding to Indian Army’s CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) capabilities the force has signed a contract for the procurement of 223 Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm (ACADA) systems.
The contract was
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Originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
A supply chain to Russia for sanctioned chemicals, including compounds that could be used to make chemical weapons and nerve-agent poisons, has been uncovered by Spanish authorities.
EU exports of such chemicals to Russia
...The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new ...
Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies is to supply LCD 4 personal chemical detectors to the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) for deployment via its Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).
Following an extensive and competitive product
...Originally published by Chemistry World
Researchers have developed a novel antidote to treat hydrogen sulfide poisoning. It is hoped that this innovation will save the lives of workers and rescue personnel.
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Originally published by Interpol
An operation in South America has resulted in the seizure of more than 28,000kg of explosive materials, 3,400 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and thousands of other components used in their manufacture.
Operation Claymore (11 August – 11
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A mailroom supervisor at the Atwater Prison in California has died following a suspected exposure to an unknown substance.
Reports are saying the man came into contact with mail that was saturated with a substance, that some are now
A bit of a rare one for you today. Over the weekend, seven people were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties due to a chemical incident in London. Response crews, including the London Ambulance service's Hazardous Area Response Team attended the incident.
It appears that the
...A waste management specialist has introduced a new ground-breaking service to identify unlabelled chemicals, allowing for safe disposal.
Report concludes that information obtained and analysed ‘not sufficient to provide reasonable grounds’ toxic chemicals used as a weapon in two 2017 incidents reported to OPCW by Government of Syria.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fact-Finding Mission
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Avon Protection has won the tender for the continued supply of the General Service Respirator (“GSR”) and associated in service support for the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”).
Avon has been supplying the MoD with GSR masks since 2018 and this new contract award will enable Avon to
Heathcoat Fabrics is proud to unveil its groundbreaking NeutraliZr™ fabric, a revolutionary material poised to transform military chemical defence applications. Developed in collaboration with Guild Associates Inc.,
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is hosting the fully virtual 2024 Chemical Security Seminars on July 11 and 18, 2024, from 10 am-3 pm ET (7 am-noon PT). The Seminars are free to attend and open to the public.
The 2024 Seminars will feature important chemical
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Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA), awarded Bertin Environics with a new significant seven-year framework contract for the acquisition of CBRN Squad Kits. These kits combine Bertin Technologies Group’s chemical detection expertise from Finland and radiation detection knowledge from
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Detect-ION, the pioneering Deep-Tech startup, has secured a ground breaking research contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to revolutionize the way aerosolized chemical threats are detected and identified. With the rise in terrorist attacks, industrial
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Investigation and Identification Team (IIT)’s fourth report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
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The Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) concluded that there are no reasonable grounds to determine that toxic chemicals were used as a weapon in the reported incident in Al-Yarmouk, Syrian Arab Republic, on 22 October 2017.
On
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The Philippines' fishing bureau has accused Chinese fishing vessels of using cyanide to destroy Scarborough Shoal, a fish-rich atoll in the South China Sea contested by both Manila and Beijing.
"These
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Detect-ION, the pioneering Deep-Tech startup, has secured a groundbreaking research contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to revolutionize the way aerosolized chemical threats are detected and identified. With the rise in terrorist attacks, industrial
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Blackline Safety Corp. a global leader in connected safety technology, today announced a four-year contract valued at $2.7 million with a major U.S. upstream energy company headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Originally Published in CTIF https://ctif.org/news/new-revolutionary-method-extinguishes-lithium-ion-ev-fires-ten-minutes-minimal-water
A report from tests made
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Back in November 2023, the FBI and U.S. Postal Service inspectors reported they had intercepted four fentanyl-tainted letters addressed to election offices in Georgia, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington. With not much mentioned about such things since, one could hope this was a one off,
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The New South Wales Ministry of Health have released a warning about 'RedBull' logo tablets being sold as MDMA as actually containing Nitazines, one tablet they tested contained no MDMA whatsoever.
The warning comes after three people were hospitalised in Sydney after taking what they
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Nine people were injured in an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in southern Russia’s Rostov region, authorities said Wednesday, less than a year after the plant's opening.
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A recent report in The Washington Post highlighted the apparent increase in heavy production fentanyl labs in Canada.
In October, Canadian police found 2.5 million doses of fentanyl and 528 gallons of chemicals in a shipping container and a storage unit. Six months earlier they raided
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The Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias, had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of South Sudan, Hon. James Pitia Morgan, on 3 October 2023 in the margins of
Today, the United States has announced sanctions against multiple China based companies and individuals they alledge are involved in the production fo chemicals that are used to make fantanyl
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the drug's supply chain "often starts with chemical
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The new Griffin G510x enables operators to identify trace amounts of narcotics in complex mixtures or ‘hidden’ within other substances in less than 5 minutes. Given its potency, even a microscopic amount of fentanyl can be life threatening. G510x can spot as little as a 2% fentanyl
...A multi-vehicle accident sparked a spillage of anhydrous ammonia on Friday when a truck carrying the substance overturned. Acccording to the County Coroner "five people were fatally overcome by anhydrous ammonia, including two children under 12 and an adult from the same Teutopolis
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AI Platform Will Alert Warfighters of Probable Exposure Before Symptoms Emerge
AiRANACULUS®, a private, Massachusetts-based technology company providing state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions, announced that it has received a U.S.
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