Latest Chemical warfare Stories

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of ninth-grade students recently spent one of their few remaining days of summer vacation exploring cyber security, digital forensics and future careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) during a tour of the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC). The group of 19 Anne Arundel County students and their instructors toured the Center as part of the two-week Cyberwarrior summer...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Draeger Safety Inc. today introduced a new single exposure, disposable, Level A gas-tight chemical protective suit for hazardous materials (hazmat) incidents. Called the Draeger CPS 5900, the fully-encapsulated suit is specially designed to provide complete protection against hazardous gases, liquids and particles. Draeger offers a wide range of proven and innovative products for fire and emergency services with a focus on personal safety and hazard...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), the premier national resource for chemical and biological defense, announced that the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) recently honored ECBC employees Jim Genovese and Shawn Funk for their contributions in transferring technology to the private sector over the past year. Genovese, a chemist within the Center's Engineering Directorate, was recognized for...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) completed a three-year long investigation of Sea Disposal Site Hawaii Number 5 (HI-05), a deep-water military munitions disposal site in U.S. coastal waters approximately 5 miles south of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii.This complex investigation required the use of high-resolution sidescan sonar and remotely operated underwater vehicles to locate sea disposed munitions in water as deep as 1,500 feet. The...

Company Required to Continue Providing Water Supplies in Interim; May Resume Drilling Outside Affected Area MEADVILLE, Pa., July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection this week gave Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 60 days to permanently fix the water supplies that were affected by the company's natural gas drilling operations in Dimock, Susquehanna County. The directive is part of a modified consent order and agreement between the agency and the company that...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- James Valdes, Ph.D., the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's (ECBC) Scientific Advisor for Biotechnology, was awarded a "Meritorious Senior Professional Rank Award" as part of the 2009 Army Presidential Rank Awards held recently. Valdes, along with 25 other distinguished career executives and senior professionals, was presented with the most prestigious recognition afforded to Army civilians during a ceremony at the Women in...

Independent analysis of House passed bill (H.R. 2868) concludes bill will create 8,000 jobs and leverage nearly $2 billion in economic stimulus Legislation to secure U.S. chemical plants and prevent catastrophic chemical disasters that put millions of American at risk is threatened by unsubstantiated claims by opponents that disaster prevention standards will eliminate jobs and hurt the economy WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Greenpeace contracted Management Information...

WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Greenpeace: Today, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced chemical plant security legislation that would eliminate catastrophic risks to millions of Americans, create thousands of new jobs and provide economic stimulus to local governments. The Lautenberg legislation is based on the compromise bill (H.R. 2868) adopted by the House of Representatives last November. Disaster prevention, a defining policy in...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Daniel Weber, of the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's (ECBC) Research and Technology Directorate, was named the "2010 Engineer of the Year" by the Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Among Weber's accomplishments was the design and development of a unique 5-cm wind tunnel to investigate the release of highly toxic, chemical warfare agents from surfaces under controlled...

Training program includes appropriate air management practice for firefighters, the correction of myths and misunderstandings about fire smoke, and instruction about new antidotal treatment therapies for smoke inhalation victims. INDIANAPOLIS, July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since January 1, 2010 the CPTC has tracked 1,100 civilians treated for smoke inhalation, 413 smoke inhalation deaths, and 125 firefighters who were transported for smoke inhalation treatment. Contrary to popular...