Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats (LRN-C) : 20 years of chemical threat preparedness

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Laboratory Sciences
• Description:
  The Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats (LRN-C) is a national network of local and state public health laboratories that respond to chemical terrorism and other public health emergencies in the United States. CDC partners with the LRN-C to maintain specialized capabilities for analyzing human exposures to chemical threat agents, e.g., toxic metals and industrial chemicals. Established in 1999, the LRN-C has been ensuring laboratory preparedness and response capability for 20 years.
  
  1999
  
  • 5 state public health labs
  
  • CDC testing sites for laboratory counterterrorism measures
  
  2019
  
  • 54 Labs in 50 states, 3 cities and 1 territory
  
  • Local testing capacity for a wide range of public health chemical emergencies
  
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• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events CDC--history Chemical Terrorism/prevention & Control Chemical Warfare Agents Disaster Planning Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollutants History, 21st Century Laboratories
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Name as Subject:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Laboratory Sciences. Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats . ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Laboratory Sciences. Laboratory Response Network for Chemical Threats .
• Genre:
  Logos
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7c4835a125dd07d588d5071a2f878080a34235083bead0a4008bc188dc98319b
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