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An Invisible Threat

Published Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Within the past few months, FBI officials have foiled early-stage terrorist plots to detonate explosives at the Sears Tower in Chicago and Manhattan's Holland Tunnel. One overriding fear, however, is that future attacks will employ nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) agents. The problem is that most commercial properties are ill-equipped to thwart NBC attacks, which are also excluded from terrorism insurance policies. This exposure has underscored the value of high-tech detection devices that can sniff out NBC substances before they contaminate an entire building. “There is certainly growing pressure to include NBC threats as part of a standard ...

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