Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Building Decontamination Alternatives Report
"EPA has published a building decontamination alternatives report, which provides information on how to effectively decontaminate buildings that are contaminated with chemical or biological (CB) warfare agents or toxic industrial compounds. The report includes the review for three categories of technologies:

Liquid
Foam and gel
Gas and vapor-phase.
The following information is provided for each technology reviewed:

A description
An assessment of the technical maturity
An evaluation of existing data (wherever possible, information on material compatibilities, hardware performance, and generation of by-products is provided)
Current uses in addition to building decontamination
User concerns (e.g., health and safety issues)
Advantages and disadvantages
Future research areas..."

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