Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Training Support Package
Participant Guide
Slide 37
Slide 39
Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism:
TICs & TIMs
Forewarned Is Forearmed
• Given a new willingness by terrorists in the 21st Century to
use previously unthinkable means to meet their ends, we
must prepare:
– Limit access to highly toxic agents
– Protections of food and water supplies, toxic substances in indu strial
plants and in transport
• Raise awareness of potential clinical effects to:
– Hasten recognition
– Limit exposure
– Speed response
Module One - Terrorism by Fear and Uncertainty: Delayed Toxic Syndromes
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There has been an increase in terrorist activities over the last few decades in the setting
of internal strife and in international settings. In an effort to prevent and prepare for the
use of industrial chemicals as terrorist weapons:
1. We must limit access to toxic agents, both those with rapid- and delayed-onset of
symptoms.
2. As has been increasingly recognized, hazard vulnerability analyses and system-wide
protective measures must be developed and enforced.
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