Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Training Support Package
Participant Guide
Slide 39
Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism:
TICs & TIMs
USACHPPM – 2002 Reevaluation
• Also evaluated - corrosiveness, reactivity,
flammability, less volatile chemicals
Module One – Toxic Warfare: Looking Beyond Conventional Chemical Weapons
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In 2002, the USACHPPM (U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine) group undertook a reassessment of the earlier NATO prioritization. Other lists
(that appear in this complex Venn diagram) were also studied, and the chemicals of
concern were expanded to include less volatile chemicals as well as chemicals that were
inherently reactive and flammable.
It is easy to become overwhelmed by the thousands of chemical that exist. The process
of prioritization and the prioritization lists that were produced help us as first responders
to understand those that are most important and concerning.
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