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Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

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<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

Training Support Package<br />

Participant Guide<br />

Slide 49<br />

<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong>:<br />

<strong>TICs</strong> & <strong>TIMs</strong><br />

Methyl Bromide: Case Study<br />

• Adult female occupying a guest house rapidly developed<br />

headache, flu -like symptoms<br />

• Within 24 hours, found in status epilepticus<br />

• Initial labs remarkable <strong>for</strong> severe liver, kidney injury<br />

• Expired 19 days post -exposure<br />

• A building next door had undergone fumigation with methyl<br />

bromide. Seven 1 -2 inch underground conduits connected<br />

the buildings.<br />

• Methyl bromide had traveled from the adjacent building into<br />

the cottage.<br />

Module Four – Cyanide & Fumigants<br />

49<br />

This case report from the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Poison Center shows a typical course <strong>for</strong> high level<br />

methyl bromide exposure. An adult woman developed headache and severe<br />

neurological findings (seizure) and subsequently died after exposure to methyl bromide<br />

used to fumigate a nearby house.<br />

It was not known at the time that the two houses were connected by an undergound<br />

conduit, which allowed the methyl bromide to enter the victims home.<br />

December 2008 Version 2.0 Page 236

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