CDC Distributes Chemical Weapons Antidotes

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun a state-by-state distribution of packages of antidotes for use in the event of a chemical weapons attack, the Associated Press reported yesterday (see GSN, July 6).

The packages, which the CDC began shipping four months ago, contain antidotes to various chemical agents, as well as means of delivery for use at the scene of an attack and in a hospital, AP reported. While the CDC refused to say how many or which states have received the packages so far, kits were sent to both Boston and New York ahead of schedule due to this year’s presidential election political conventions.

The CDC hopes to distribute the packages to all 50 states within two years, AP reported (Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press/Houston Chronicle, July 13).

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