Chemical WMD Responses

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Differences between HazMat and chemical WMD responses
Perry B Keaton

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - 1
Instructor: Dawn Brown
February 5, 2016

Differences between HazMat and chemical WMD responses-1

When it comes to the difference in between Hazmat and chemical WMD responses, there are certain things the we have to take into consideration. Hazmat is something totally different in reference to a chemical weapon. For instance we mention hazmat we are basically referring to a chemical that has been disposed or discarded into an open field or some local dump site.

But a WMD is something that can cause destructions or interfere with the infrastructure. Another fact about Hazmat in reference to WMD it don’t pose the

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