EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program conducts decontamination efficacy studies that identify technologies that can be used to clean surfaces, materials, or objects contaminated with chemical, biological, or radiological agents. This project consisted of an assessment of the m...

This EPA report provides information on decontamination options for surfaces contaminated with a fourth generation (chemical) agent. Decontaminants and surfaces were selected based on expected higher material compatibility than e.g., corrosive bleach with materials associated wit...

The purpose of this study was to determine the impacts of PAA fog and LCHPV on representative indoor materials and electronic equipment. The fogging of PAA solution caused visually observed appearance changes (e.g., discoloration, oxidation, residue) on the copper, low-carbon ste...

Under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Homeland Security Research Program (US EPA HSRP), the National Homeland Security Research Center conducts research necessary to identify methods and technologies that can be used for the decontamination of equipment and surfaces contam...

The effect of sporicidal fumigation with methyl bromide or methyl iodide on the functionality of electronic equipment was evaluated using desktop computers as surrogates for valuable electronic equipment under target conditions of 200–250 mg/L fumigant for 48 hours at 24–30 °C an...

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