Market Grows for Antiterrorism Products

The market for products intended to provide protection against terrorist attacks has grown in the years since the events of Sept. 11, 2001, the Miami Daily Business Review reported (see GSN, April 4).

Existing firms have developed side projects, some with support from the CIA or venture funds.  Products or marketing strategies have also been revamped in order to attract money from military and emergency agencies that could be forced to respond to a WMD event.

Dozens of vendors displayed their merchandise earlier this month during the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Law Enforcement Conference in Miami (see GSN, June 12).

Maryland-based King Pharmaceuticals hopes to attract interest from first-responder agencies in its nerve agent antidote.  The Defense Department is already a customer, the Business Review reported.

RADeCO of Massachusetts has developed a small badge in which a small circle turns black in the presence of dangerous levels or radiation.  If that occurs, “get the heck out of there,” said company president Paul Lovendale.

Under an Environmental Protection Agency contract, RADeCO is also distributing emergency air sampling kits to cities, states and federal agencies (Julie Kay, Miami Daily Business Review/Chicago Sun-Times, June 24).

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