🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes On March 4, 2018, in Salisbury, England, former Russian Military Intelligence officer Sergei Skirpal and his daughter were found slumped on a public bench.1 After being evaluated at the hospital, it was determined that they …
Marie and her family enjoy the traditional Christmas evening gathering at the Playmobil Castle, including dancing and a visit from Herr Drosselmeyer. Marie and her brother receive extravagant gifts, Marie’s is an exquisitely crafted nutcracker. Suddenly, there is a sound …
🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes On March 20,1995, in Tokyo, Japan, a “doomsday cult” called Aum Shinrikyo manufactured and deployed 10 liters of dilute sarin nerve agent in the Tokyo subway system. At that time, the Tokyo subway system was …
🕖 Reading Time, 9 minutes The use of chemical warfare agents is not only relegated to WWI: The US Department of Homeland Security – FEMA, Co-TCCC, are both currently working on chemical warfare/agent casualty management guidelines, and the Committee for Tactical Emergency …
🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes The AI-2 “aptechka” was an individual CBRN kit issued by the USSR for Civil Defense beginning in the late 1970s in a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack. Aptechka, (аптечка) loosely translated means first-aid kit. …
Animal models are often used when trying to study the possible effects of a medication or treatment and subsequently extrapolated to humans. Which species is selected depends on what is being studied. 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Guinea Pigs Nerve …