Created by Congress in 2006, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) authorizes DHS to determine whether chemical facilities present “a...
Block MEMS, a leading developer of Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) based infrared detection systems, has been awarded a $3.5M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Agency...
In providing its advice and consent to the ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and...
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), is soliciting competitive applications from eligible nonprofit organizations for Hazardous Materials...
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has announced its support for the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st...
A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) employee is volunteering his time to teach local firefighters the important safety lessons he’s learned on the job. “Being...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is announcing the continuation of the Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program, referred to as Superfund Research...
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Chemical Security Program (CSP) partners with government, security, academic, and industrial communities in Africa, the...
In April 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion at a fertilizer warehouse in West, Texas, resulted in significant damage to the buildings and facilities up to half...
The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) is conducting market research to identify solutions for commercially available laboratory grade, fixed-site Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS) systems to be mounted...
The U.S. Department of Defense has recently awarded the following notable contract related to the fields of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) or explosives countermeasures,...
