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RSB Lisbon Fire Brigade HazMat Approach

By Mr. Celso R. Baia, Professional Firefighter, Lisbon Fire Brigade, Portugal This article is the continuation of the “RSB Lisbon fire brigade HazMat Approach: Preparedness...

Madrid City Fire Department: Our Response

by Dr. David Ruiz de Léon, PhD. Corporal Firefighter, Madrid City Fire Department, Spain CBRNe emergencies have different characteristics than those addressed by other Civil...

UK Contaminated Facilities Management

by Insp. David Lowe, CBRN Training and Development Manager, UK Police National CBRN Centre, UK The dignified recovery of people killed in terrorist attacks is...

Country Overview: France

By Ms. Nora Ljubojevic, Analyst, IB Consultancy, Netherlands Security Situation Overview France enjoys a privileged position in the international fora, being one of the leading countries...

Country Overview: Belgium

by Ms. Nora Ljubojevic, Analyst, IB Consultancy, The Netherlands Security Situation Overview Belgium is a federal state located at the heart of the European continent and...

Regarding and Reducing Risks of the Biotechnology Revolution

By Dr. Diane DiEuliis, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University and, Prof. James Giordano, Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington...

Playing with Pandora: Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology and Global Security

by Mr. Frank Rando, CBRNE - Protective & Biomedical Countermeasures SME, University of Arizona, USA and Ms. Dee Ruelas, Clinical Specialist in COVID-19 testing...

COVID-19 may improve our CBRNE detection capabilities

By Prof. Emilio Gómez-González, University of Seville and Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, and Inspector José Manuel Navas, TEDAX Unit - CBRNE team leader,...

AQ Manual Suggests Targets for Lone Wolf Attacks

Including Methods for Botulinum Toxin Production and Use by Mr. Shai Arbel, CEO of Terrogence Global, USA In August 2021, a newly formed Al Qaeda-aligned media...

Synthetic Bioweapons after COVID: Coming Armageddon or Detrimental Hype?

by Mr. Stijn Kuipers, Dutch Ministry of Economics and Climate Policy, Netherlands COVID-19 has reinvigorated concerns, if not panic, about the dangers of synthetic bioweapons....

Be better prepared for the unknown: work together and learn from COVID

by Dr. David C. Hassell, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response & Dr. Christopher R. Houchens, U.S....

SynBio and the Lowering of the Bar

From undergraduate team coach and Jamboree judge for iGEM by Prof. John Kenneth Wickiser, Administrative Director, Global Alliance for Preventing Pandemics, Columbia University, USA Biologists have...

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