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RedWave Technology Introduces the XplorIR
Homeland security company RedWave Technology is introducing the XplorIR, the most innovative gas-identification system specifically developed for today’s emergency response missions.
The XplorIR can identify over 5,500
...Introducing M.A.I.K
During the 5th CBRNE R&I Conerence in Lille we had the opportunity to meet some of the team from Dr.F.Kohler Chemie Pharmaceuticals who had on display a portable test kit for the detection of nerve agents.
Called M.A.I.K - the Mobile Acetylcholinesterase-Inhibitor Test-Kit -
...Entire U.S. Stockpile of VX Nerve Agent Eliminated
From PEO ACWA
The last M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was destroyed at the ...
Teledyne FLIR Defense Integrates MUVE C360 Chemical Hazard Sensor on Spot Quadruped!
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced that it has teamed with MFE Inspection Solutions to integrate the FLIR MUVE™ C360 multi-gas detector on Boston Dynamics’
...Final Chemical Weapons Destruction Campaign Begins in Pueblo
The Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) complex began operations at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) Feb. 19, 2022, marking the start of the final chemical
...Tampered champers
The Dutch food safety body, NVWA, has issued a warning about three-litre bottles of Moët & Chandon Ice Imperial champagne following a second incident that has sickened people. It appears the bottles in question may be spiked with high doses of MDMA.
In Germany, in
...Static detonation chambers likely to be used to destroy Pueblo's final chemical weapons
Destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile located in two states has reached the 75% completion mark, with a combined total of more than 2,352 U.S. tons of chemical agent destroyed as of Jan. 14, 2022.
For the final push to destroy the remaining stockpile at the Pueblo Chemical
...Maryland Police Select IonSense
IonSense is pleased to announce that their
SPH Engineering Introduces UAV-based Remote Water Sampling System
SPH Engineering introduces the Remote Water Sampling System, a new UAV-based solution within UgCS Integrated Systems product line. The trial flight was conducted at a Latvian lake to proceed with water sampling for subsequent analysisin a laboratory.
The main benefit of this brand new
...Battelle to Support Air Force’s Chemistry, Computer Modeling Efforts
Battelle has won a $9.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to support ...
Teledyne FLIR Wins Contract to Develop Augmented Reality Technology that Displays Chem-Bio Threats
Teledyne FLIR announced it has won a development contract worth up to $15.7 million with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office (DTRA JSTO) to develop novel battlefield threat mapping and visualization tools. The technology will allow the capability to
...OPCW Scientific Advisory Board reviews emerging chemical technologies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands–19 November 2021–The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) discussed recent scientific and technological
...Teledyne FLIR Wins Pentagon Contract to Develop First Individual Chemical Detector for Warfighters
Teledyne FLIR announced it has won a contract to develop the first mass-wearable chemical detector for U.S. troops under the Pentagon’s Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD) program. The company received $4.0 million in initial funding.
Currently, troops lack the protection of
...EU conducts workshop to assess Chemical, Biological risks in Pakistan Health Sector
from eeas.europa.eu
A virtual workshop was held to ascertain risks connected with handling and disposal of chemical and biological substances, especially in Pakistan’s health sector, which is even more crucial during the pandemic.
The workshop was conducted under the
...EU measures to tackle hazardous chemicals build on incorrect data
EU authorities recently reported that the production and use of hazardous chemicals in everyday products have been reduced by 97 percent in the EU.
However, the official registry for chemical volumes doesn’t show any reduction at all.
Experts agree that the data
...MRICD develops chemical exposure field diagnostic system
From APG News:
Drawing from the technology used by diabetics to monitor their glucose levels, Dr. Shane Kasten at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense developed an ultra-portable, easy to use device to provide early warning of suspected exposure to a
...908 Devices Provides Handheld Mass Spec for Trace Detection to U.S. Border Patrol
908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built handheld and desktop mass spec devices for chemical and biomolecular analysis, today announced the U.S. Border Patrol selected the MX908® – a handheld, battery-powered, mass spectrometry device – to standardize its trace drug detection at 20 field
...OSHA issues proposed rule to update hazard communication standard
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a proposed rule to update the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the seventh revision of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
...Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New Raman Analyzer, Enhancing Narcotics Identification for Law Enforcement
In recent years, the production and distribution of lethal narcotics such as heroin, fentanyl, MDMA and others have become increasingly sophisticated. This has caused new challenges for law enforcement officers, who are often the first to come in contact with these substances and need to
...R&D Collaboration Leads to Award-Winning Chemical Weapons Detection Tech
It is always nice to be honored for a job well done—even better to share
...European Organic Peroxide Safety Group (EOPSG) becomes a sector group of CEFIC to further increase the awareness of safe use of organic peroxides
In response to the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the European Organic Peroxide Safety Group (EOPSG) sees a growing need to highlight the importance of organic peroxides and their safe use. The group sees that Cefic can provide EOPSG with the tools needed to achieve this and has decided
...Beirut 'lucky' to escape a second explosion
Michael Wentler, a chemical expert managing Combi Lift's Beirut operation, has said Lebanon only escaped a second chemical inferno by chance. He commented that thousands of litres of dangerous substances stored in decaying containers for more than a decade at the port had turned the
...UN official: Unsure chemical weapons completely eliminated from Syria
From Middle East Monitor ...
Bruker Launches the RAPIDplus (mod 4)
Today, Bruker announced the launch of the novel RAPIDplus (mod 4) Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) based stand-off detector for Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) and Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TIC). RAPIDplus (mod 4) allows automated, 24/7 monitoring of
...BARDA partners with Invirsa to develop a treatment for ocular conditions associated with DNA damage, including sulfur mustard injury
BARDA is partnering with Invirsato develop the company’s investigational product INV-102 to treat ocular conditions associated with DNA damage to include sulfur mustard injury. By funding this advanced research and development
...Please be careful with what you throw in the trash
First responders in Maine are reminding people to be careful when they discard their trash after two people were treated for chemical burns on Monday.
The Goodwins Mills Fire Department have reported that a container filled with hydrochloric acid ended up in the trash, and it was
...EU Council sets restrictive measures against 6 individuals in relation to Nalvany poisoning
On October 15 the latest issue of the Official Journal of the Europen Union was released which detailed regulations and decisions of the council regarding the proliferation and use of CW, this is in direct repsonse to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
The full copy of the
...SepSolve Analytical launches a new powerful chemometrics platform that transforms complex data into meaningful results
Sepsolve Analytical Ltd has announced the launch of a ground-breaking new addition to its software suite: ChromCompare+ is a powerful, yet easy-to-use, chemometrics platform for comparing multiple GC and GC×GC chromatograms and extracting useful insights into the constituents that are
...Man cleared over chemical explosives haul
A man charged with storing grenades, mines and chemical weapons at his farm has been cleared. Russell Wadge, 58, was charged after counter-terrorism police raided his property in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire, in 2019.
The trial at Newport Crown Court heard that the large stocks of
...Lincolnshire Police Staff member charged with making explosive substance and importing banned weapons
A woman who works for the Lincolnshire police force has been charged with making an explosive substance and importing banned weapons. Zoe Watts was arrested on Sunday, October 4 after police and an Army bomb team attended an address, leading to other houses in the street being
...Nalvany poisoned in hotel say aides
It was announced on Nalvany's Instragram account this morning that traces of Novichik have been found on a water bottle in his hotel room in Tomsk. This has apprently been tested and confirmed by a German laboratory.
According to the Instagram post "… It is precisely on the
...Russia proposes lifting ban on sale of chemical warfare agents
From The Moscow Times
Russia’s Defense Ministry has proposed removing chemical warfare agents from a list of products that are banned from being sold to the public. The ministry said that because Russia has
DHS S&T Provides Critical Chemical Hazard Support as Gulf Coast Braces for Major Storm
Less than three weeks after Hurricane Laura caused widespread damage in Louisiana, the Gulf Coast is preparing for another major storm. With Hurricane Sally expected to make landfall on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...
Rigaku Analytical Devices Wins New Product of the Year Award
Rigaku Analytical Devices, the market leader in handheld 1064nm Raman technology, announces its has been selected to win a New Product of the Year Award by magazine. Security Today’s New Product of the Year Award honors the outstanding product development achievements of security
...Nalvany's Team Targeted in Novosibirsk
From Radio Free Europe
Two attackers threw a glass jar with an unknown chemical liquid into an office housing the independent political coalition supported by opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Russia's third-largest city, Novosibirsk.
The jar broke and the room,
Xplosafe win $2.47 million defense contract
XploSafe, a provider of critical safety solutions for homeland security and chemical safety, recently announced it has received a $2.47 million defense contract for its chemical-sensing wearable badges.
The contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Rapid Innovation Fund to XploSafe for
...Explosion at Beirut Port
The death toll from the explosion at a port in Beirut on Tuesday August 4th continues to rise as rescuers search through the rubble. The number of dead rose to 137 recently as the Lebanese army took control of the explosion site on the first day of a two-week state of emergency. It is
...Rigaku Analytical Devices Launches Expanding Capabilities Equipment for Law Enforcement (EXCEL) Program
Rigaku Analytical Devices, the market leader in handheld 1064nm Raman technology, will provide next generation narcotics, and other illegal drug analysis, equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies through
...More than 40 people treated for chlorine exposure following fire at AFB
Last week a fire broke out at the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, which houses the US Air Force 18th Wing.
The fire began in a hazarous materials storage factility just south of the airfield and burned for around 5 hours before being extinguished. Thick billowing clouds of
...German Police Investigating Poisoned Drinks
German Police announced yesterday that they have opened an investigation after finding drinks with a “deadly poison” in two supermarkets in the city of Munich.
Myanmar Police Seize SE Asia's Largest Ever Haul of Synthetic Drugs
Police in Myanmar have reportedly seized the largest ever haul of syntheitc drugs in South East Asia after a three month operation.
The quantity, said to be 'off the charts' included more than 200m methamphetamine tablets, 500kg of crystal methamphetamine and 300kg of heroin, as
...Hash Oil Factory Explosion Injure Firefighters
An explosion in downtown Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters, with more than 230 sent to put out the blaze in what has been described as a factory making cannabis oil.
Captain Erik Scott of the Los Angeles fire department said “one significant explosion” shook the neighborhood
...U.S. Government Extends Bechtel Contract for Chemical Weapons Destruction
The United States government has formally added three years to the current Bechtel contract to destroy 2,600 tons of surplus chemical weapons stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado, adding provisions to accelerate the destruction to meet commitments to Congress and
...PCAPP Reaches Half Way Mark
It was announced on February 26th that the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has reached the half way mark, and has destroyed 50% of the obsolete chemical munitions stored at Pueblo Chemical Depot.
50% equates to around 220,000 munitions,
...Cyanide Autoinjector Development
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Windgap Medical have received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new device to quickly administer a recently developed antidote for cyanide poisoning.
Under the grant, researchers from the
...Kindergarteners Attacked with Caustic Soda
Fifty-four people, including 51 children, were injured after a man sprayed corrosive liquid at them in a kindergarten in Kaiyuan City, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
The suspect, identified as a 23-year-old man surnamed Kong, broke
...SwabTek Introduces Disruptive USER-SAFE Fentanyl Detection Technology
SwabTek, leaders in the narcotics and explosives presumptive testing industry, will introduce the world's ONLY DRY
...HHS Explores Lung-on-a-Chip Technology in Developing Chemical Injury Treatments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will support tests of organ-on-a-chip technology to determine how it can be used to understand injuries caused by inhaled chlorine gas, a potential national security threat, and to develop treatments for those injuries.
The
...NIOSH Releases First Responder Illicit Drug Toolkit
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a new virtual toolkit to help first responders reduce their exposure to fentanyl and other illicit drugs. The toolkit provides resources to help keep first responders safe when arriving on a scene where illicit
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