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Pentagon IG Wants More Oversight of Guard WMD Response Teams

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general in report issued last month said it believes there should be tighter management of the National Guard’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams.”We determined that the four Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD CSTs) reviewed had plans in place to respond to chemical, Read More »

August 10, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biosafety, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Navy to Shift WMD Surveillance Activities

(Global Security Newswire) The U.S. Navy on Thursday said it would relocate an Indiana installation’s chemical, biological and radiological arms surveillance activities to a facility in Dahlgren, Va. The planned transfer of programs from Crane, Ind., to Naval Surface War Center Dahlgren Division is intended to centralize efforts and cut operational expenses, the service said Read More »

August 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, Biotechnology, and Countermeasures
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Tennessee, Ohio Civil Support Teams kick off Vibrant Response 13 – United States Army (press release)

Tennessee, Ohio Civil Support Teams kick off Vibrant Response 13United States Army (press release)"We had a Ricin incident, and we have responded to white powder incidents in addition to numerous stand-bys," said Capt. Shawn Chance, survey team leader, 45th WMD-CST. Ricin is a highly toxic, naturally occurring protein. A dose as small as a few Read More »

July 30, 2012
| Filed under Countermeasures
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Africa: Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and … – AllAfrica.com

Africa: Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and …AllAfrica.comThe South African contribution will be utilised by the Joint FAO-IAEA Division's veterinary laboratory network, which was so successful during the rinderpest eradication campaign. This contribution will be used for the IAEA project on the improvement …

July 27, 2012
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Kelantan holds exercise to contain bird flu

(New Straits Times) The exercise in Kampung Jintan here yesterday involved 80 officers from the state Veterinary and Health Departments. Kelantan Veterinary director Datuk Dr Mohd Zairi Serian said they decided to conduct the exercise in case the disease hit the state. “We have to conduct the exercise from now on so that we can Read More »