(24 August 2013, 10:36)River Song Wrote: I don't know if this is the right (sub)section but
does anyone know of a source of good gas masks including protection from Sarin and other organo-phosphates?
don't want an ex WWII rust bucket or early Cold War item.
At the same time I don't have lots of cash
Cheers
Take SPECIAL note of what Millwall Dave is saying, Sarin, Tabun etc are nerve agents that pass through the skin as fast as they do via being inhaled. You need complete NBC / MOP suits with either totally impermiable outers (PVC) or activated charcoal absorbant outers. If you are going the whole hog you will need puffer bottles of fullers earth and atropine pens, rubber boots and gloves as well as modern new RESPIRATORS ( not gas masks) and the important bit if whicch type of 40mm filter canister you fit because there are dozens of types and only a few absorb and nulify nerve agents.
BFG is also on the money just remember that filter elements and NBC suits react immediately to the air, so if you are buying NBC suits or new 40mm filter canisters you need to buy them still sealed and vaccuum packed in double layers of polythene (nbc suit) and in sealed packets for the filter elements.
WHY do you need sealed packs ?
Cos Activated charcoal is weird it starts absorbing any and all nastys from the air as soon as it is exposed, it does NOT neutralise it in the commonest sense it basically traps it in the micro porous microscopic structure or the charcoal, so suits and canisters stored in opened packets will become useless in a few weeks. It also has one awkward side effect as well some nasty chemical or bio agents that are absorbed by the suits / canisters are released when the charcoal becomes saturated.
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