Occupational health and workplace monitoring at chemical agent disposal facilities / Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, Board of Army Science and Technology, Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical weapons disposal--Safety measures.

Chemical weapons disposal.

Chemical agents (Munitions)--Safety appliances.

Chemical agents (Munitions).

Work environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiv, 42 pages))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States has maintained a stockpile of chemical warfare agents and munitions for more than half a century. In 1985, Public Law 99-145 mandated an expedited effort to dispose of M55 rockets containing unitary chemical warfare agents because of their potential for self-ignition. This program soon expanded to become the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP), with the mission of eliminating the entire stockpile of unitary chemical agents and munitions. The Army developed the baseline incineration system for that purpose. Since 1987, the National Research Council, through the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (Stockpile Committee), has provided technical and scientific advice and counsel to the Army's disposal program and has endorsed the baseline incineration system as an adequate technology for destroying the stockpile. In 1992, after setting several intermediate goals and dates, Congress enacted Public Law 102- 484, which directed the Army to dispose of the entire stockpile by December 31, 2004, a deadline that was changed to April 29, 2007, after the United States ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Workplace Chemical Monitoring""; ""3 Health Monitoring""; ""4 Data Utilization and Records Management""; ""5 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Reports by the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (Stockpile Committee)""; ""Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-33).

ISBN:

9780309183345

0309183340

9780309511063

0309511062

OCLC:

923256237