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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 54<br />

The illicit synthesis <strong>of</strong> methamphetamine also produces phosphine and has resulted in<br />

toxic exposures <strong>for</strong> both the “cooks” and first responders. The Willers paper describes<br />

three dead victims in a hotel room where methamphetamine was being synthesized. The<br />

Burgess paper detailed a law en<strong>for</strong>cement agent who was exposed to phosphine during<br />

a methamphetamine raid. He developed chronic lung disease following this initial<br />

exposure.<br />

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