Chemical Incident Report

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32
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2005
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Contents

MASS CASUALTY CHEMICAL INCIDENTS 2

Flixborough, England, chemical disaster 1974 4

Bhopal chemical disaster 1984 5

Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroons, 1986 8

The use of chemical warfare against the Kurdistan Population 1988 9

Chemical terrorism in Japan, 1994 and 1995 12

Fireworks factory explosion, Enschede, Holland, May 2000 12

Toulouse, France factory blast, September 2001 13

DOCUMENTS ON CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DELIBERATE RELEASE 14

Documents on Chemical / Biological deliberate release 14

Hospital Chemical and Biological Incident Response: a Department of Health briefing document, 23

October 2001 14

Investigation and management of outbreaks and incidents of unusual illness 17

WHITE POWDER INCIDENTS 20

Learning points from suspect letter in Liverpool postal sorting office 20

Hoax or terrorism? Responses and lessons. 21

FIREWORKS 22

Mobile container holding 700 kg fireworks set on fire in a residential area 22

IPPC and Health Authority Consultation: Update for October 2001 23

CHEMICAL INCIDENT HEALTH IMPACT PREDICTION: Estimated health impact and public health

response in the event of a chemical incident in South Essex 26

COMMUNICATIONS DURING MAJOR INCIDENTS: Recent developments and lessons learnt. Part

2 28

Water-Related Chemical Incidents: October 1997-April 2001 30

CIRS Training for 2001 and dates for 2002 32

CIRS Staff Developments 32