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After the Bioterrorism: Remediation and Recovery
Murray Cohen, PhD, MPH, CIH, President and CEO of Consultants in Disease
and Injury Control, Inc., and Dorothy Canter, PhD, Chief Scientist
for Bioterrorism, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response at
the Environmental Protection Agency, discuss the topics of remediation
and recovery after a bioterrorism event. Dr. Cohen reviews the Fall
2001 anthrax events - discussing what we scientifically knew at the
time, what we did not know, and what we have learned since October
2001. Dr. Canter also provides a brief background on bioterrorism
and the anthrax attacks. She then discusses the anthrax remediation
processes, fumigation issues, criteria for successful remediation,
lessons learned, and real world challenges including preparing for
the future. To conclude the lecture, Thomas Bevan, PhD, Director of
the Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy
(CERTIP) at the Georgia Institute of Technology offers some observations.
(Lecture given on June 23, 2004)
Audience: General Public Health
Time: 1 hour 6 minutes
Format(s): CD-ROM, Webcast,
Podcast
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