August 5, 2024

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Recovery for Sea-Disposed Chemical Warfare Material

Steps for handling a suspected recovered chemical munition

How to handle a recovered chemical munition.

Signs & Symptoms of Exposure to Sulfur Mustard

Flyer that gives information on signs and symptoms of mustard gas exposure.

Final recommendations for protecting human health from potential adverse effects of exposure to agents GA (tabun), GB (sarin), and VX, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Register 2003;68(196):58348-51. (govinfo.gov)

Interim Recommendations for Airborne Exposure Limits for Chemical Warfare Agents H and HD (Sulfur Mustard), Center for Disease Control, Federal Register 2004;69(85):24164-8. (govinfo.gov)

Final Recommendations for Protecting the Health and Safety Against Potential Adverse Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Low Doses of Agents: GA, BV, VX, Mustard Agent (H, HD, Y), and Lewisite (L), Center for Disease Control, Federal Register 1988:53(50):8504-7. Note: Recommendations for GA, VX, H, and HD were updated in 2003 and 2004 (see above). The recommendations for Lewisite (L) have not changed. They are under review. This file will load slowly. (govinfo.gov)

Prediction of acute mammalian toxicity using QSAR methods: a case study of sulfur mustard and its breakdown products, Ruiz P, Begluitti G, Tincher T, Wheeler J, Mumtaz M., Molecules. 2012;17(8):8982-9001. (mdpi.com)

Chemical Weapons Elimination Timeline (cdc.gov)

Overview of Recovered Chemical Weapons (cdc.gov)

Decontamination and Clearance of U.S. Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities (cdc.gov)

CDC Recommendations to the U.S. Army for Protecting Public Health During Chemical Weapons Elimination: Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2010. (2011) (cdc.gov)

Chemical Weapons Specialist Helps WWII Veteran Find Effective Treatment for Mustard Gas Symptoms (2011) (cdc.gov)

Emergency room procedures in chemical hazard emergencies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013) (cdc.gov)

Review of the revised plan for off-site treatment of Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility's Caustic HV Hydrolysate at the DuPont Secure Environmental Treatment Facility in Deepwater, New Jersey:

Summary Report to Congress (2006) (cdc.gov)

Full Report, Corrected Version (2006) (cdc.gov)

Review of the U.S. Army proposal for off-site treatment and disposal of caustic VX hydrolysate from the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (2005)

Safe Disposal of Chemical Weapons, by Harvey Rogers (1997)

Incinerator Air Emissions: Inhalation Exposure Perspectives (1995)

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