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	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Service http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ This US federal agency provides information related to diseases due to toxic substances.
	American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ The American Red Cross provides several resources to respond to different types of emergencies, natural or intentional.
	Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) http://www.afip.org/ The AFIP website gives a wide range of information related to several pathologies, especially pathologies that can be involved in bioterrorism events.
	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRII) http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/ The AFRRI is a laboratory specialized in radiological biology. The website gives relevant information on biological agents, training procedures, research but also several topics related to bioterrorism issues.
	Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness http://www.ccep.ca/ This website provides information and ressources about emergency preparedness in Canada, as regards to naturally occurring disasters and terrorist events.
	CDC, Bioterrorism Preparedness & Response http://www.bt.cdc.gov/ This link offers a range of resources on preparedness and response for several emergencies such as bioterrorism.
	CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm The link offers information on infectious diseases sorted in an alphabetical order.
	CDC, Epidemic Intelligence Service http://www.cdc.gov/eis/index.html This webpage provides training resources in order to fight against major epidemics.
	CDC, Office of Health and Safety (OHS) http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/default.htm The OHS weblink provides several working practises on matters of biosafety and biosecurity.
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bioterrorism Webpage http://www.bt.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/ The US CDC bioterrorism webpage contains a wide range of links to specific biological agents, but also other resources addressed to professionals but also for the public.
	Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)- Chem-Bio Defense http://www.dtra.mil/ The website offers a range of links on different topics such as arms control, threat reduction, chemical and biological technologies development or training.
	Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs DASD (CP/CBD). http://www.acq.osd.mil/cp/ The website gives several links to resources on chemical and biological defence and demilitarization providing reports, guidelines and support on chemical and biological issues.
	Department of Education, Emergency Planning http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/ The website provides information on emergency and crisis planning.
	Department of Health and Human Services http://dhhs.gov/emergency/index.shtml The webpage provides numerous links and resources to CBRN agents but also more specifically to bioterrorism issues.
	Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/ The Homeland security link gives a range of information and resources on maters of threats to health and public safety as regards to WMD, but also natural disasters.
	Department of Justice, Office for Domestic Preparedness http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/ The website provides information about grants that can be allocated in order to respond to terrorist threats on a national scale.
	Department of Transportation, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety http://hazmat.dot.gov/ The weblink provides a wide range of resources about the safe handling of hazardous materials including obviously biological materials.
	EMAC, Emergency Management Assistance Compact http://www.emacweb.org/ The weblink contains several links to assistance, support, training and education issues on the field of emergency management.
	EPA, Emergency Response Team, Chemical Biological and Nuclear Health and Safety Plan (CBN-HASP) http://www.ert.org/mainContent.asp?section=Health&subsection=CBN The website provides a "wizard" interface containing a wide range of information and procedures to follow once the type of agent (CBRN) has been identified.
	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) http://www.fema.gov/ The FEMA weblink provides a wide range of information and resources for all types of emergencies, natural but also terrorist like.
	Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Default.asp The weblink is dedicated to safety and security, focusing on transit mainly, but with information related to emergency management.
	Florida Capital Region Chapter http://www.tallyredcross.org/ This site contains numerous links and guides related to disaster situations and emergency preparedness and response.
	Health Canada Emergency Response Site http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ed-ud/index_e.html The weblink contains information on Canada national preparedness to emergencies
	Homeland Security Integration Center, US Army http://www.wood.army.mil/hls/ The weblink provides several links to US agencies in matter of security
	Metropolitan Medical Response System, DHHS, OEP http://www.mmrs.fema.gov The link gives information for emergency preparedness for different types of threats including WMD emergencies.
	National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory http://narac.llnl.gov The website contains a range of links and information on accidental or intentional release of hazardous materials.
	National Distaster Medical System (NDMS), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) http://ndms.dhhs.gov/index.html The website provides resources about the coordination of medical response inside the US in case of an emergency situation such as a terrorist event.
	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emres/terrorresp.html The website provides resources on emergency response related to terrorist attacks.
	National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/ The NIH website provides information based on a health perspective.
	Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/ The website contains links to several tools such as laws, standards, interpretations, training materials and also a biological agents classification description.
	OSHA Emergency Preparedness and Response Resources http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/index.html This website focuses on several topics such as biological and chemical agents, bioterrorism, or personnel protective equipment.
	The National Response Team, HAZMAT & Chemical Spills http://www.nrt.org/ The link provides training, assistance and guidance materials for threats to US air, land and water.
	The National Toxicology Program, National Institutes of Health http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov The website contains different information related to public health issues, study results and research projects related to toxicology programs.
	The Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) http://www.orau.gov/reacts/ The website provides resources for radiation emergency, such as guidance and reports. The agency has been designated a WHO collaborating centre so it contains several information related to public health issues.
	U.K. Resiliance, The Civil Contingencies Secretariat, The Home Office (United Kingdom) http://www.ukresilience.info/home.htm The website contains a range of resources for UK preparedness and response to emergencies.
	U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ The website contains numerous links to biosecurity and bioterrorism issues.
	U.S. Army Medical Command http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/default2.htm The website provides a range of information and tools related to the army medical department response to all types of emergencies.
	UK, Health Protection Agency, Deliberate Epidemics homepage http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/deliberate_release/menu.htm The website contains relevant information on the deliberate release of biological agents. It contains information on the agents, training for professionals and numerous references to bioterrorism issues.
	United Kingdom Department of Health web site http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en The website provides several public health resources such as policies, standards, guidance, publications or resources.
	US Air Force Counterproliferation Center http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cps-bio.htm The website contains numerous links and resources related to biological agents and bioterrorism.
	US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. http://www.edgewood.army.mil/ The website provides different links and resources as regards to biological emergencies.
	US Army Medical Research and Material Cmd http://medchembio.amedd.army.mil/ The website provides links to the US chemical and biological defence program.
	USAMRIID - US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases http://www.usamriid.army.mil/ The website provides a range of documents (reports, publication, training materials) on biological threats.
	Veterans Administration, Emergency Management Strategic Health Care Group http://www.va.gov/EMSHG/ The website provides reports, guidance and numerous links to bioterrorism related issues.

In order to ensure that the links provided are useful and relevant, we encourage member countries to submit plans, procedures and assessments for use as models or resources by other member countries to the Bioterrorism Unit at webbioterrorism@interpol.int .