By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Authorities are examining the airflow of tunnels in the New York subway to prepare for a potential biological chemical attack.
The massive study will involve a small device that authorities hope will play a big role in the event of a terrorist attack, CBS New York reports.
“This is important information to help local authorities enhance their emergency preparedness for an event that might occur in the subway if there’s a release of biological material or a chemical material,” Dr. Donald Bansleb with Homeland Security said.
About 200 chemical tracers will be placed at dozens of subway stations across the city as part of a five-dat airflow test.
“This will tell us in real time data aerosol concentrations and the particle concentrations in the stations after we do the release,” laboratory engineer David Brown said.
“That will help authorities to predict boundaries of contamination if there is a release of a substance,” Bansleb said.
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