Commentary on Watson et al.'s Articles on airport remediation following a Chemical Terrorist Attack

Abstract

It was an honor to be associated in the review process with the work done by Dr. Watson and co-authors (2011a,b) on the first-time, open-literature documentation of multi-pathway, health-based remediation exposure guidelines for toxic industrial compounds and chemical warfare agents in preparation for a terrorist attack. Such preliminary planning is vital to the country's security. One would imagine that all colleges and universities that provide environmental/engineering and public health programs would be interested in what can be considered a "beginning" document for this type of planning. Military facilities may be particularly interested in this approach for teaching purposes. This study may serve as a template for other sitespecific planning profiles that are, unfortunately, necessary today. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.