Guidelines for chemical warfare agents in military field drinking water / Subcommittee on Guidelines for Military Field Drinking-Water Quality, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greaves, Ian A.

National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Guidelines for Military Field Drinking-Water Quality.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Toxicology.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Life Sciences.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical warfare.

Biological warfare.

Drinking water--Contamination.

Drinking water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Guidelines for Chemical Warfare Agents in Military Field Drinking Water""; ""Copyright""; ""RECENT REPORTS Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""AGENT BZ""; ""ORGANOPHOSPHORUS NERVE AGENTS""; ""SULFUR MUSTARD AGENTS""; ""T-2 TOXIN""; ""LEWISITE""; ""CYANIDE""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Guidelines for 3-Quinuclidinyl Benzilate""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TOXICITY""; ""FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""FIELD DRINKING-WATER GUIDELINE COMPUTATIONS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""

""3 Guidelines for Organophosphorus Nerve Agents""""INTRODUCTION""; ""TOXICITY""; ""EXPOSURE AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING""; ""FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""4 Guidelines for Sulfur Mustard Agents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TOXICITY""; ""CANCER-RISK ESTIMATE""; ""EXTRAPOLATION DIFFICULTIES""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""5 Guidelines for T-2 Toxin""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""6 Guidelines for Lewisite""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TOXICITY AND MECHANISM OF ACTION""

""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""""7 Guidelines for Cyanide""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TOXICITY""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""References""; ""Appendix A""; ""Criteria for Developing Field Drinking-Water Standards""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPING FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS""; ""Characteristics of the Population at Risk""; ""Water Consumption Rates and Exposure Periods""; ""Objectives of Field Drinking-Water Standards""; ""Data Requirements""; ""Toxic Effects""; ""Uncertainty Factors""; ""MODIFICATIONS TO FIELD DRINKING-WATER STANDARDS""; ""REFERENCES""

""Appendix B""""Capability for Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents in Field Drinking Water""; ""REFERENCES""

Notes:

Committee chair: Ian A. Greaves.

The project was supported by the U.S. Army under contract No. DAMD 17-89-C-9086.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-65).

OCLC:

567838328