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Chemicals used for illegal purposes : a guide for first responders to identify explosives, recreational drugs and poisons /

By: Turkington, Robert.
Publisher: Hoboken : Wiley, c2010Description: x, 456 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780470187807 (cloth); 9780470187807:; 0470187808 (cloth).Subject(s): Explosives | Drug abuse | Poisons | Hazardous substances -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | First responders -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 363.17
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 363.17 TUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0060908
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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.

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