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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<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 />

Unintentional Dioxin Release<br />

Controversial human effects<br />

• Many <strong>of</strong> the reported relationships between dioxin exposure<br />

and human toxicity have come under epidemiologic scrutiny<br />

• Carcinogenicity<br />

– Known carcinogen in mice and rats<br />

– In humans reported association with some cancers such as Non -<br />

Hodgkin ’s Lymphoma and s<strong>of</strong>t tissue sarcomas but causation has not<br />

been established<br />

• Undisputed link between dioxin exposure and chloracne<br />

Module One - <strong>Terrorism</strong> by Fear and Uncertainty: Delayed Toxic Syndromes<br />

31<br />

The fear <strong>of</strong> carcinogenicity is the most important sociopolitical issue. However there is<br />

really no solid link <strong>of</strong> dioxins to human cancer despite its highly defined carcinogenicity<br />

in animal models.<br />

December 2008 Version 2.0 Page 339

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