EC Pharmacology and Toxicology

Subway is a main transportation system in populated city in many countries. Because of its closed system and also involving a large number of people, it is an easy target of chemical and biological terrorism. Actually we witnessed sarin attack at Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995.

Due to its serious damage, Czech Republic considers the safety of Prague subway system as an eargent problem. In this report the safety measure of Prague subway system is described.

Keywords: Prevention and Protection; Chemical Terrorism; Prague Metro in Czech Republic

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