"Shortly after Sept. 11, and the anthrax scares, we became aware of these sort of hoaxes on the Internet, involving Cipro and anthrax decontamination kits and all," said Cheryl Reid, a spokeswoman for the Washington attorney general, Christine Gregoire.
The cost of sending each reporter, crew member or photographer on an assignment to the war zone may include at least $2,500 for a training course, from $950 to $1,600 for a satellite phone, up to $1,900 for basic protective clothing, and more for chemical warfare suits, respirators, decontamination kits and various medications.
Most items were less than US$100 (e.g., decontamination containers, NSV kits) and do not merit annualisation [ 12].
Samples were decontaminated using the NAOH-NALC decontamination method (BBL™ MycoPrep™ KIT [BD]).
Phosphate buffer 1X, homogenization buffer and decontamination buffer (HDB) were then prepared from the kit for sample processing.
Among the equipment that must be restocked are helicopters, cargo trucks, chemical decontamination gear, night vision goggles, radios and satellite communications kits.
The samples were decontaminated by the NaOH-NALC decontamination/concentration method (Kubica, 1963) using a ready-to-use kit, MYCOPROSAFE (Salubris, Inc).
Decontamination work was suspended.
"Decontamination is becoming big business".
Environmental Processes II - Soil Decontamination.
Radiation decontamination rooms line the entrance hall.
