ReviewFrontiers in public health2021
Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Blast: Analysis, Review, and Recommendations.
Review in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Respiratory Emergencies in Disasters: A Narrative Review.Thoracic research and practice · 2026Article
- Applying Extreme Value Theory to a Century of Ammonium Nitrate Disasters: Persistent Safety Risks in Chemical Supply Chains.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2026Article
- Unsupervised detection of building destruction during war from publicly available radar satellite imagery.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- Post-Concussion Syndrome Following Blast Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study of Beirut Blast Casualties.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Using the Environmental Health Disparities Framework to understand Black and Latino perspectives of a local fertilizer plant fire.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Advancements in nanomaterials for nanosensors: a comprehensive review.Nanoscale advances · 2024Review
- Disaster Preparedness among Healthcare Professionals in Lebanon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Observational
- A phenothiazine-functionalized pyridine-based AIEE-active molecule: a versatile molecular probe for highly sensitive detection of hypochlorite and picric acid.RSC advances · 2024Article
- A closer look at the international health regulations capacities in Lebanon: a mixed method study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Esophageal pressure monitoring and its clinical significance in severe blast lung injury.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Assessing the health risks of chemicals in a company supplying chemicals to drilling rigs in Southern Iran using COSHH, SHEM-SAM, and SQRA methods.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Imaging findings of the injured in the massive Beirut blast.Emergency radiology · 2023Article
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- Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients on hemodialysis in the setting of the pandemic, inflation, and the Beirut blast: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: A multicenter study to assess injury characteristics and outcomes.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2023Article
- Interpol review of the analysis and detection of explosives and explosives residues.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2023Review
- Multicenter assessment of impairments and disabilities associated with Beirut blast injuries: a retrospective review of hospital medical records.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2023Article
- Preliminary Considerations for Crime Scene Analysis in Cases of Animals Affected by Homemade Ammonium Nitrate and Aluminum Powder Anti-Personnel Landmines in Colombia: Characteristics and Effects.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
A massive chemical detonation occurred on August 4, 2020 in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. An uncontrolled fire in an adjacent warehouse ignited ~2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate (AN), producing one of the most devastating blasts in recent history. The blast supersonic pressure and heat wave claimed the lives of 220 people and injured more than 6,500 instantaneously, with severe damage to the nearby dense residential and commercial areas. This review represents one of the in-depth reports to provide a detailed analysis of the Beirut blast and its health and environmental implications. It further reviews prior AN incidents and suggests actionable recommendations and strategies to optimize chemical safety measures, improve emergency preparedness, and mitigate the delayed clinical effects of blast and toxic gas exposures. These recommended actionable steps offer a starting point for government officials and policymakers to build frameworks, adopt regulations, and implement chemical safety protocols to ensure safe storage of hazardous materials as well as reorganizing healthcare system disaster preparedness to improve emergency preparedness in response to similar large-scale disasters and promote population safety. Future clinical efforts should involve detailed assessment of physical injuries sustained by blast victims, with systemic mitigation and possible treatment of late blast effects involving individuals, communities and the region at large.
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