NAS Launching Review Of IED Precursors

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is launching a study of chemicals that terrorists may use in explosives, and recently sought nominations of chemists and engineers to participate in the review that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requested after dropping plans for a long-delayed rule to track sales of ammonium nitrate. NAS sought nominees through Aug. 22 to participate in its upcoming review “Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Chemical Explosive Precursors.” The...