Persistence of Chemical Warfare Agent VX on Building Material Surfaces

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 6/2019. This eight-page technical brief provides a summary of two recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bench-scale studies assessing the persistence of VX on various building material surfaces. This overview provides decision ‐makers with practical information on the expected persistence of VX following a chemical incident, which will inform the remediation strategy to reopen contaminated buildings or infrastructure. (PDF)
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