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Watch the water. Q
2018-02-27
[8ch.net] In 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency was worried enough about fentanyl and carfentanil (A unit of carfentanil is 100 times as potent as the same amount of fentanyl, 5,000 times as potent as a unit of heroin and 10,000 times as potent as a unit of morphine) being used by terrorists that it published instructions for taking samples of the substances,
including from drinking water,
following "homeland security events."

Deadly drug fentanyl has been tested as chemical weapon by military for decades

Boston authorities said they seized more than 33 pounds of fentanyl--enough to kill millions of people--in connection with one of Massachusetts' biggest drug busts ever.

In announcing the results of a six-month wiretap probe called "Operation High Hopes," prosecutors said the synthetic opioid was being sold on the street by a drug gang with links to Mexico's notorious Sinaloa Cartel, the drug organization once led by Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

"I want to be clear about the size and scope here," District Attorney Daniel Conley said at a news conference Thursday. "Massachusetts' fentanyl trafficking statute covers quantities greater than 10 grams. That threshold represents less than 1/1000 of the quantity we've taken off the street."

33 pounds of fentanyl -- enough to wipe out Massachusetts -- seized in Boston

(CNN) -- Two men have been sentenced to prison for possessing nearly 100 pounds of the drug fentanyl -- enough to kill the entire population of New Jersey and New York City, officials said.

Fentanyl is a powerful opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin, and a dose as small as a quarter of a milligram can be fatal.

New Jersey authorities said that the 45 kilos of fentanyl, seized in June 2017, contained more than 18 million lethal doses. It was the largest seizure ever in the state.

"The 100 pounds of fentanyl trafficked into our state by these drug dealers could have generated enough lethal doses to kill the entire populations of New Jersey and New York City combined," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a statement.

2 men caught with enough Fentanyl to poison all of NYC, New Jersey
So my question is, why is more fentanyl then could possibly be sold on the street being brought into the USA? To poison the water supply?
Posted by:G. Whotha5763

#10  Marines Hospitalized at Joint Base Myer After Opening Letter With Unknown Substance
Nearly a dozen people, including several Marines, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall fell ill Tuesday after they opened a suspicious letter containing an unknown substance.

A gunnery sergeant opened a letter and showed it to a superior, a Pentagon official told NBC News. The two then began to feel ill. A colonel decided to evacuate a building.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-02-27 20:47  

#9  I remember so long ago SDS was prepared to dump 55 gal drums of LSD into Chicago’s water intakes. The public was assured water purification would have reduced the threat. Also so much of the water was used in residential and industrial processes other than drinking that additive dilution would have reduced any perceived effect.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-02-27 20:44  

#8  Well, thank God there was never a rash of Muslims being arrested after they broke into water treatment plants and reservoirs!
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-02-27 19:00  

#7   (#3 I'm am with you.) I use WeatherNation to check on FL. Panhandle weather conditions and I get my news via Drudge and Rantburg blogs.
Posted by: irishrageboy   2018-02-27 17:30  

#6  16% mortality of all exposed, even though medics rushed in right after the aerosol was released.

I understand this was because they gave the doctors no information until it was too late. They could only deal with the symptoms, not the cause.
Posted by: gorb   2018-02-27 17:05  

#5  Not many would use this to kill when there are profits to be had. Even ISIS has to pay the bills.
Posted by: Iblis   2018-02-27 16:30  

#4  Think far beyond the water supply:
The Russians may have used an aerosolized fentanyl derivative in the 2002 theater hostage crisis. 16% mortality of all exposed, even though medics rushed in right after the aerosol was released.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-02-27 14:38  

#3  
I expect, every day, to turn on the news to see that a

That is why I turn on my TV once a day for a few minutes to check for breaking news, airliners crashing into skyscrapers, that sort of thing. That is usually a once a day thing. I may not watch any more than that.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-02-27 14:32  

#2  Anybody against securing the border and proper screening of imports ought to be forced to be continuous water tasters right where it comes out of the purification plants.

This stuff can even be pushed back into the water supply at any house, and anyone downstream is toast.

And dealers ought to get the death penalty.
Posted by: gorb   2018-02-27 13:21  

#1  The forces of darkness from Islam have some working agreements with various drug cartels for development of revenue streams for festivities all over the world. It does make one pause to realize the vast logistics capabilities of the cartels to move large quantities of about anything world wide.

A terror group could use the cartels to move stuff for them to target areas...then the islamists can do their holy warrior thing and kill thousands...if not millions.

I am always afraid of how easily it is for the cartels to get things into the US. I worry that the vector for a nuclear device would be through a cartel operation and not by sea or by air. Securing the borders is essential.

All of this is a catastrophe waiting to happen. The groups opposing border security are playing with the lives of millions. I expect, every day, to turn on the news to see that a major city in the US has either completely disappeared or been rendered uninhabitable with millions of casualties.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-02-27 12:59  

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