Chemicals used for illegal purposes : a guide for first responders to identify explosives, recreational drugs and poisons /
Turkington, Robert.
Chemicals used for illegal purposes : a guide for first responders to identify explosives, recreational drugs and poisons / - Hoboken : Wiley, c2010. - x, 456 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
Introduction -- Alphabetical list -- Mind-altering drugs. Illegal drugs ; Recreational drugs -- Pyrotechnics. Ammunition ; Explosives ; Fireworks ; Incendiary devices (arson) -- Chemical weapons. Nerve agents ; Vesicants ; Blood agents ; Choking agents ; Vomiting agents ; Tear agents ; Toxins ; Other activities involving hazardous chemicals ; Recon-render safe ops-sampling-take down/dismantling ; Odors -- Confirmation tests -- Glossary.
Robert Turkington helps hazmat professionals and others determine if chemicals at a suspicious site could be used to make illegal substances such as drugs, explosives, pyrotechnics, nerve agents, and other toxins.
9780470187807 (cloth) 9780470187807: £52.95 0470187808 (cloth)
Explosives.
Drug abuse.
Poisons.
Hazardous substances--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
First responders--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
363.17 / TUR
Chemicals used for illegal purposes : a guide for first responders to identify explosives, recreational drugs and poisons / - Hoboken : Wiley, c2010. - x, 456 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
Introduction -- Alphabetical list -- Mind-altering drugs. Illegal drugs ; Recreational drugs -- Pyrotechnics. Ammunition ; Explosives ; Fireworks ; Incendiary devices (arson) -- Chemical weapons. Nerve agents ; Vesicants ; Blood agents ; Choking agents ; Vomiting agents ; Tear agents ; Toxins ; Other activities involving hazardous chemicals ; Recon-render safe ops-sampling-take down/dismantling ; Odors -- Confirmation tests -- Glossary.
Robert Turkington helps hazmat professionals and others determine if chemicals at a suspicious site could be used to make illegal substances such as drugs, explosives, pyrotechnics, nerve agents, and other toxins.
9780470187807 (cloth) 9780470187807: £52.95 0470187808 (cloth)
Explosives.
Drug abuse.
Poisons.
Hazardous substances--Identification--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
First responders--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
363.17 / TUR