Bio Hazards – The New Terrorism Threat
Once the province of science fiction movies, biological hazard or bio hazard cleanup companies now have become an important part of our country’s landscape and it is anticipated that they will continue to play a significant role in helping society maintain a safe environment that does not pose high risks to our health. The need for these bio-hazard cleaning companies derives from the potential of terrorists to attack using biological weapons such as a “dirty bomb”. Bio hazard clean up companies have secured a niche in our emergency response efforts or homeland security system. First of all, there is an obvious need for a bio hazard cleanup company to be a first responder in any situation where it is believed that a biological weapon or virus has been deployed. The imperative that a bio hazard be neutralized may be no less important than defusing a ticking, conventional bomb.
Then there is also the need, should any such biological hazard be neutralized to make sure any and remnants of the hazard are identified, monitored and destroyed. To the extent that a virus is exposed to the greater public, either by accident or intentionally, the bio hazard cleaners must go beyond extinguishing the obvious manifestations of a virus. A stringent monitoring of any vicinity, within a certain radius dependent upon the nature of the targeted virus, is warranted to ensure that a contagious virus does not spread.
If a risk that a virus may have spread unabated, a good bio hazard cleaning company will advise people who may have occupied a particular area within range of a hazard or virus, to see a doctor or appropriate medical authorities.
If it can be satisfactorily confirmed that a hazard has been neutralized before it causes any harm, the ultimate targets of any terrorist attack, the public at large will be relieved from the very terror the terrorists wish to spread. The bio hazard cleanup companies hence can solve a practical problem, the extinguishment of a biological hazard. They can also be part of that homeland security designed to keep the populace at peace.
Hopefully you’ll never have reason to see these folks dressed in blue, protective suits with masks in your neck of the woods. But in today’s day and age, it won’t be just in the movies.
