When firefighters leave a burning building they are often exposed to harmful toxins, experts say. A new decontamination method seeks to lower the risk of cancer, the leading cause of ...

A new sterilization method uses radio waves to clean surgical instruments. Radio-frequency gas-plasma cleaning, a technology used in the electronics industry, has been found useful for medical devices ...

A rapid, high-heat electrothermal soil remediation process flushes out both organic pollutants and heavy metals in seconds without damaging soil fertility. Filtration systems are designed to capture ...

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) partnered with DHS and other agencies to develop two resources for managing exposure in mass chemical incidents. The two ...

Last July, a funding request by the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine was granted to provide $223,000 for Chronic Waste Disease (CWD) decontamination and detection research.

Firefighters prepare to identify and classify several hazardous chemical and biological materials during a collective training event at the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Facility, New York, May ...