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•	Biotoxins
•	Blister Agents/Vesicants
•	Blood Agents
•	Caustics (Acids)
•	Choking/Lung/Pulmonary Agents
•	Incapacitating Agents
•	Long-Acting Anticoagulants

•	Metals
•	Nerve Agents
•	Organic Solvents
•	Riot Control Agents/Tear Gas
•	Toxic Alcohols
•	Vomiting Agents

Biotoxins

»	Abrin
»	Ricin
»	Strychnine

Blister Agents/Vesicants

»	Mustards
	•	Distilled mustard (HD)
	•	Mustard gas (H) (sulfur mustard)
	•	Mustard/lewisite (HL)
	•	Mustard/T
	•	Nitrogen mustard (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3)
	•	Sesqui mustard
	•	Sulfur mustard (H) (mustard gas)
»	Lewisites/chloroarsine agents
	•	Lewisite (L, L-1, L-2, L-3)
	•	Mustard/lewisite (HL)
»	Phosgene oxime (CX)

Blood Agents

»	Arsine (SA)
»	Cyanide
	•	Cyanogen chloride (CK)
	•	Hydrogen cyanide (AC)
	•	Potassium cyanide (KCN)
	•	Sodium cyanide (NaCN)

Caustics (Acids)

»	Hydrofluoric acid (hydrogen fluoride)
»	Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid)

Choking/Lung/Pulmonary Agents

»	Ammonia
»	Bromine (CA)
»	Chlorine (CL)
»	Hydrogen chloride
»	Osmium Tetroxide
»	Phosgene
	•	Diphosgene (DP)
	•	Phosgene (CG)
»	Phosphine
»	Phosphorus, elemental, white or yellow

Incapacitating Agents

»	BZ
»	Fentanyls and other opioids

Long-Acting Anticoagulants

»	Super warfarin

Metals

»	Arsenic
»	Mercury
»	Thallium

Nerve Agents

»	G agents
	•	Sarin (GB)
	•	Soman (GD)
	•	Tabun (GA)
»	V agents
	•	VX

Organic Solvents

»	Benzene

Riot Control Agents/Tear Gas

»	Various agents and combinations of agents
	•	Bromobenzylcyanide (CA)
	•	Chloroacetophenone (CN)
	•	Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS)
	•	Chloropicrin (PS)
	•	Dibenzoxazepine (CR)

Toxic Alcohols

»	Ethylene glycol

Vomiting Agents

»	Adamsite (DM)

•	NEW! Aug 5, 2004 Webcast: "Recognition of Illness Associated With Chemical Exposure"
•	Sheltering in Place in a Chemical Emergency
•	Evacuation
•	Personal Cleaning & Disposal of Contaminated Clothes

Laboratory Information:
•	Chemical Terrorism Event Specimen Collection PDF (707 KB/1 page) NEW! May 19, 2004
•	Shipping Instructions for Samples Collected From People Potentially Exposed to Chemical Terrorism Agents PDF (102 KB/4 pages) Updated Jun 7, 2004

First Responder Information:
•	ER Procedures in Chemical Hazard Emergencies: A Job Aid Preparations, victim arrival, initial treatment, identification of agents...
•	Managing Hazardous Material Incidents Management of patients exposed to hazardous materials. (From ATSDR.)
•	Medical Management Guidelines for Unidentified Chemicals Management of patients exposed to unidentified hazardous materials. (From ATSDR.)

Surveillance Information:
•	MMWR: Recognition of Illness Associated With Exposure to Chemical Agents - U.S., 2003 Summarizes epidemiologic clues & clinical signs or patterns of illness that might suggest covert release of a chemical agent



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