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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 51<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 />

Generating Phosphine Gas<br />

Module Four – Cyanide & Fumigants<br />

51<br />

Phosphides break down (on contact with water, oxygen, acid) to yield phosphine gas,<br />

the active pesticidal agent.<br />

Phosphine should not be confused with phosgene which is discussed in the Toxic Gases<br />

module.<br />

Aluminum phosphide is used as a rodenticide, insecticide and fumigant <strong>for</strong> stored cereal<br />

grains. It is used to kill small verminous mammals such as moles, rabbits, and rodents.<br />

Once wet, either in the environment or the GI tract <strong>of</strong> a rodent, phosphine is liberated. In<br />

some parts <strong>of</strong> the world, aluminum or zinc phosphide ingestion is a leading cause <strong>of</strong><br />

suicide by overdose.<br />

December 2008 Version 2.0 Page 238

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