Tony
Ah, I see. Yeah, it hasn't been long enough to break down most chemical compounds that would be useful in that respect. Chemistry was one of my lesser strengths so half-lives off the top of my head aren't a forte, but as far as I remember, most half-lives are well longer than the length of time between now and The Event, so you should be good, yeah.
I haven't ever heard of those two places, but I can tell you that the CDC fell six years ago, give or take, and the Pentagon before that. You'd have to get clearance to come back in with foreign resources but you'd have to go to the top of council for that. I don't have anywhere near that kind of pull or those kinds of connections yet.