Providing quick and easy access to key information, the "Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents" includes everything that emergency response teams need to know to deal with lethal materials. This second edition improves cross referencing with exhaustive indexing and agents displayed by classification. With summary and reference sheets, it features new sections on the preparation of chemical and biological agents as well as munitions markings and incendiary agents. This text also examines the reliability of commercial testing equipment on chemical warfare agents and the efficacy of decontamination agents for anthrax spores, with a list of potentially threatening commercial materials.