Contamination 23 : The process of transferring a hazardous material, or the hazardous component of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD), from its source to people, animals, the environment, or equipment, that can act as a carrier
NFPA 472 Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, 2008 ed. http://www.dps.state.ak.us/afsc/docs/Certification /HazMatAwarenessSkillSheets.pdf, (Std: Competence of Resp to Haz Mtrl/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Incid - Amer) {318 NFC}